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From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
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On Fri, Aug 12, 2005 at 09:38:43PM +0100, Chris wrote:
> Hi
>=20
> The installation notes for 4.11 say, referring to i386 platform
> " ...after installation, FreeBSD itself can be run in 4-8MB of RAM with=
=20
> a pared-down kernel"
>=20
> The installation notes for 5.4 and 6 (the floppies README.TXT) say
> "FreeBSD for the i386 requires ...at least 24 MB of RAM".
>=20
> Did the memory requirement really jump that much or is something=20
> different being measured?

The quoted text is comparing *installation* requirements (24 on 5.4)
with minimum memory needed to run a pared-down kernel *after
installation* (4-8MB on 4.11).  Apples and oranges.

Kris

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