Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 19:46:23 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net> To: dg@root.com Cc: toor@dyson.iquest.net, bugs@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, elh@svic.com Subject: Re: 2.2.5 installation bug on 1gig machines Message-ID: <199711010046.TAA00336@dyson.iquest.net> In-Reply-To: <199711010040.QAA25276@implode.root.com> from David Greenman at "Oct 31, 97 04:40:21 pm"
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David Greenman said: > >Ed Hudson said: > >> > >> howdy. > >> > >> i just tried to install 2.2.5 on a 1gig > >> pentium pro machine and got the error > >> message (something like): > >> > >This is just a guess (I am normally in the guts of the > >kernel, and not involved with installs.) > > > >You'll have to limit the memory during installation > >with changing the iosiz parameter to be something > >like 32768 or somesuch. You should be able to install > >then. > > The problem with this is that the memory is already sized before > 'userconfig' is called (it needs to be that way for various reasons). This > basically means that we can't limit the memory during an install. You'll > have to physically pull out some of the memory and/or replace it with > lower density SIMMs until you've finished the installation and built a > customized kernel. > Sorry for causing confusion... :-). -- John dyson@freebsd.org jdyson@nc.com
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