Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 09:40:24 -0400 From: Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com> To: 'Graham Woodruff' <woodruff_g@sls.co.uk>, FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: 3.2 wont install - ** SOLVED ** Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105BC2@site2s1>
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Unfortunately it's actually common knowledge around here (the list) = that 12mb is needed to install and 8mb is needed to run. The unfortunate = part is that it still doesn't appear to be documented anywhere! -Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Graham Woodruff [SMTP:woodruff_g@sls.co.uk] > Sent: Saturday, August 21, 1999 4:46 PM > To: FreeBSD Questions > Subject: Re: 3.2 wont install - ** SOLVED ** >=20 > >Are you behind a firewall, and if so are you choosing the passive = ftp? >=20 >=20 > No, what I have done is just downloaded 3.2-RELEASE off the 'net to = my > Win95 > box for time/backup reasons, and am just running a Win95 ftp server > (either > War/G6/Netftpd) - this gives me backup/resiliance in case my ISP = kicks me > out !. >=20 > What I have found is that adding memory has solved the problem viz: >=20 > On a Dell Netplex 486/25, I installed perfectly OK with just 8Mb, but = this > install used a minimal driver set, the other installs have been to a = Dell > 486/100 Dimension, but with a CD player (etc) installed - I swapped = out > the > network card for a PNP NE2000 clone, upped from 8Mb to 12Mb, and = while > there > was still a slight pause after 1024K, the download picked up and ran = OK, I > would guess that with >12Mb I would not have even noticed the pause. >=20 > Seems to me that install needs >12Mb for safety, the funny thing is = that > reverting to 8Mb still runs OK, ftp gives a slight pause, still, with = EDO > at > =A320/16Mb I can't really complain. >=20 > Now off to install the rest of the system. >=20 > Graham Woodruff > graham.woodruff@iii-europe.com grahamr@globalnet.co.uk >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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