From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu May 25 10:54:22 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id KAA02212 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 25 May 1995 10:54:22 -0700 Received: from disperse.demon.co.uk (disperse.demon.co.uk [158.152.1.77]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with SMTP id KAA02204 for ; Thu, 25 May 1995 10:54:13 -0700 Received: from post.demon.co.uk by disperse.demon.co.uk id aa28670; 25 May 95 18:30 +0100 Received: from bagpuss.demon.co.uk by post.demon.co.uk id aa07930; 25 May 95 18:30 +0100 Received: (karl@localhost) by bagpuss.demon.co.uk (3.1/3.1) id SAA00956; Thu, 25 May 1995 18:32:27 +0100 From: Karl Strickland Message-Id: <199505251732.SAA00956@bagpuss.demon.co.uk> Subject: FreeBSD 2.x - can it run in 4Mb? To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Date: Thu, 25 May 1995 18:32:26 +0100 (BST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 881 Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Im interested in installing FreeBSD 2.x on a 486/33 with only 4Mb of ram. The box acts as a dedicated internet router, routing between sl0 and two ethernet boards. The box currently runs 1.1.1.5, but from time to time, it hangs. (no trap, no panic, no clues on console etc..) Im wondering if an upgrade to 2.x will cure this. Will 2.x run in only 4Mb of ram? Are there any reasons to suppose it will run 'better' in 4Mb than 1.x did? I suspect these hangs are due to a shortage of physical memory, as they are far less frequent on my main machines with 16Mb/20Mb/30Mb of RAM. Cheers, Karl -- ------------------------------------------+----------------------------------- Mailed using ELM on FreeBSD | Karl Strickland PGP 2.3a Public Key Available. | Internet: karl@bagpuss.demon.co.uk |