Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2025 12:10:15 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 287719] System requirements: memory/RAM: UFS and ZFS Message-ID: <bug-287719-227@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=287719 Bug ID: 287719 Summary: System requirements: memory/RAM: UFS and ZFS Product: Base System Version: CURRENT Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Many People Priority: --- Component: bin Assignee: bugs@FreeBSD.org Reporter: grahamperrin@gmail.com Created attachment 261478 --> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=261478&action=edit Screenshot: the partitioning dialogue with FreeBSD-15.0-CURRENT-amd64-20250621-eb5884c564ae-278132-disc1.iso base eb5884c564ae (2025-06-20) recommends at least 256 MiB, if the system has insufficient memory. 256 MB may be insufficient for a minimal set of 284 base packages, please see <https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1lcm1ze/comment/mz4y0fr/>. base 595373dd646b (2020-01-27) added a contextual footer to the partitioning dialogue: > To use ZFS with less than 8GB RAM, see > https://wiki.freebsd.org/ZFSTuningGuide – that page was marked as stale in 2022. doc e1ecde315c98 (2023-01-12) removed a recommendation with regard to general purpose desktop systems: > 2-4 GB RAM Since then, as far as I can tell, neither the Project site nor the documentation portal describes hardware requirements or system requirements. Focusing on the installer ========================= A) maybe review the 256 MiB recommendation before 15.0-RELEASE B) consider adding a complementary warning, targeting laptop/desktop use cases, when the installer runs on a system with less than … maybe 6 GB memory. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.home | help
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