Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 22:05:47 +0100 From: Chris <chris@childeric.freeserve.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Memory requirements between releases Message-ID: <42FD0F2B.1070701@childeric.freeserve.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <42FD08D3.2080300@childeric.freeserve.co.uk> References: <42FD08D3.2080300@childeric.freeserve.co.uk>
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Chris wrote: > Hi > > The installation notes for 4.11 say, referring to i386 platform > " ...after installation, FreeBSD itself can be run in 4-8MB of RAM > with a pared-down kernel" > > The installation notes for 5.4 and 6 (the floppies README.TXT) say > "FreeBSD for the i386 requires ...at least 24 MB of RAM". > > Did the memory requirement really jump that much or is something > different being measured? > > I have on old tosh 110CT laptop with 24mb memory I want to set up as a > wireless router/NAT box but would prefer to use 6 or 5.4. Can I reduce > the amount of memory required? I have compiled a reduced kernel but it > swaps like mad when compiling. Kismet and deps took over 12 hours. > Just after boot and not doing anything it has about 2mb free and 17 > processes running. > > Thanks for any suggestions > > Chris > Sorry should have said: tosh# uname -a FreeBSD tosh.13dog.org 5.4-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE #0: Fri Jun 3 12:51:33 BST 2005 root@tosh.13dog.org:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/OLDCARD.TOSH i386
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