From owner-svn-doc-all@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 1 05:17:42 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0C05B1C1F; Wed, 1 Apr 2015 05:17:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:2068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D1B8CCC0; Wed, 1 Apr 2015 05:17:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.70]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id t315HfON048224; Wed, 1 Apr 2015 05:17:41 GMT (envelope-from eadler@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from eadler@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.9/8.14.9/Submit) id t315HflE048223; Wed, 1 Apr 2015 05:17:41 GMT (envelope-from eadler@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <201504010517.t315HflE048223@svn.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: svn.freebsd.org: eadler set sender to eadler@FreeBSD.org using -f From: Eitan Adler Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2015 05:17:41 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r46401 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall X-SVN-Group: doc-head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-doc-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire doc trees \(except for " user" , " projects" , and " translations" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2015 05:17:42 -0000 Author: eadler Date: Wed Apr 1 05:17:40 2015 New Revision: 46401 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/46401 Log: Minimum Hardware Requirements: installation instructions reduce the total amount of text and make it more explicit what the minimum and recommend. Don't include a difference between graphical and non-graphical systems since these days, RAM is cheap. Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall/chapter.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall/chapter.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall/chapter.xml Wed Apr 1 05:08:31 2015 (r46400) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall/chapter.xml Wed Apr 1 05:17:40 2015 (r46401) @@ -159,17 +159,12 @@ of the &os; web site (http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/index.html). - A &os; installation will require at least 64 MB of + A &os; installation will require a minimum 64 MB of RAM and 1.5 GB of free hard drive space for the most minimal installation. However, that is a - very minimal install, leaving almost no - free space. A more realistic minimum is 4 GB without a - graphical environment, and 8 GB or more if a graphical user - interface will be used. Third-party application software - requires more space. It is recommended to increase - RAM and hard drive space to meet the needs of - the applications that will be used and the amount of data that - will be stored. + minimal install, leaving almost no + free space. It is recommend to have at least 8 GB + of RAM. The processor requirements for each architecture can be summarized as follows: