Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 12:12:27 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: archie@tribe.com (Archie Cobbs) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD in 5 megs? Message-ID: <199602150142.MAA19689@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199602141822.KAA17487@bubba.tribe.com> from "Archie Cobbs" at Feb 14, 96 10:22:49 am
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Archie Cobbs stands accused of saying: > > FreeBSD 2.1.0 should be able to run in 5 megs of memory, right? Run? I've run it in 2 (yecch, masochism value here 8) > Feb 14 10:11:35 mini /kernel: pid 5: sh: uid 0: exited on signal 11 > Feb 14 10:11:35 mini init: /bin/sh on /etc/rc terminated abnormally, That _stinks_ of a memory/cache problem. > My guess is that there's some hardware problem, but this has happened on > a couple of different machines and I'd like to try to eliminate other > possibilities as well. Try turning any caching off for starters; you have a Cyrix processor of some sort, and some of these are badly broken. > Archie L. Cobbs, archie@tribe.com * Tribe Computer Works http://www.tribe.com -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "I seek PEZ!" - The Tick [[
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