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Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.1 install on 4 meg machine? 
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From: David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM>
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Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 05:42:14 -0800
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>I have 2.0.5 running fine on my 4 meg 486SX-25... I want to do an
                              ^^^^^^^^^
>install rather than an upgrade, so that I can repartition my HD to
>allocate more space for FreeBSD and less for Dos.
>
>Unfortunately, I don't have enough Unix experience to decode the error
>message.

   You need at least 5MB of memory to install 2.1.

-DG

David Greenman
Core Team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project