From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 25 04:06:00 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98D6237B401 for ; Wed, 25 Jun 2003 04:06:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6670D43FBF for ; Wed, 25 Jun 2003 04:05:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h5PB5wb0008465; Wed, 25 Jun 2003 13:05:58 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h5PB5vIR008460; Wed, 25 Jun 2003 13:05:57 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 13:05:57 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: "Simon L. Nielsen" Message-ID: <20030625110557.GA8438@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <200306251557.25303.m-trade@hotpop.com> <3EF96EF8.4C4DED20@mindspring.com> <200306251210.50565.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> <20030625104518.GA402@nitro.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030625104518.GA402@nitro.dk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-OS: FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org cc: M-Trade cc: FreeBSD-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 8MB install X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 11:06:00 -0000 On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 12:45:19PM +0200, Simon L. Nielsen wrote: > On 2003.06.25 12:10:42 +0200, Michael Nottebrock wrote: > > On Wednesday 25 June 2003 11:44, Terry Lambert wrote: > > > > > Alternately, you could find a FreeBSD 1.1.5.1 distribution on the > > > net somewhere, and install that, instead; I have personally run > > > that version of FreeBSD on a 4M 386SX, to use it as an X Terminal. > > > 8-). > > > > FWIW, the last FreeBSD release I managed to install on an 8mb machine from > > CD-ROM+bootfloppies was 4.1.1. > > Can anybody else confirm this ? It seems like the documetation need to > be updated to state this. > > Have anybody made any recent tests on CURRENT (and STABLE for that > matter) with regards to minimum RAM requirements, install and normal > runtime? CURRENT in 8MB is a joke. For 4.x the minimum to get an installer running was something like 12MB for years now. -- | / o / /_ _ wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte