From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 27 07:13:35 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A5AF16A4DD for ; Sun, 27 Aug 2006 07:13:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from mail04.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail04.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.185]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3F7A43D45 for ; Sun, 27 Aug 2006 07:13:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (c220-239-19-236.belrs4.nsw.optusnet.com.au [220.239.19.236]) by mail04.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k7R7DTZU027112 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO); Sun, 27 Aug 2006 17:13:29 +1000 Received: from turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (localhost.vk2pj.dyndns.org [127.0.0.1]) by turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k7R7DT5w023557; Sun, 27 Aug 2006 17:13:29 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org) Received: (from peter@localhost) by turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id k7R7DTYq023556; Sun, 27 Aug 2006 17:13:29 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter) Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 17:13:29 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy To: Torfinn Ingolfsen Message-ID: <20060827071329.GK16768@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <20060827034652.ad43299b.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="1y1tiN5hVw5cPBDe" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060827034652.ad43299b.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> X-PGP-Key: http://members.optusnet.com.au/peterjeremy/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.12-2006-07-14 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 16M RAM enough for FreeBSD 6.1? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 07:13:35 -0000 --1y1tiN5hVw5cPBDe Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 2006-Aug-27 03:46:52 +0200, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: >I have an old laptop, a Compaq Armada 1580DMT, with 16M RAM, 2GB hd, =2E.. >However, when I try the 6.1-release CD (CD1), it boots as far as >loading the kernel, botting the kernel, and then reboots again?? The CD-ROMs create a RAMdisk and need a minimum of 24MB last I checked. Once you have FreeBSD installed, it will limp along in 16MB (though not very happily). I strongly suggest you find a SODIMM to expand it. --=20 Peter Jeremy --1y1tiN5hVw5cPBDe Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFE8UYZ/opHv/APuIcRAlCFAJ9Nw/0ekm2dx059EOmVW3kBhE/thgCgiaFb IqMlz/FPWHyQq0ptcUEM4d0= =FQlt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --1y1tiN5hVw5cPBDe--