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Date:      Sat, 01 Nov 1997 14:23:44 +1030
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:        elh@svic.com
Subject:   Re: 2.2.5 installation bug on 1gig machines 
Message-ID:  <199711010353.OAA00788@word.smith.net.au>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 31 Oct 1997 16:40:21 -0800." <199711010040.QAA25276@implode.root.com> 

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>    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.

It's often easier to pull the *disk* from the machine, and do the 
install and configuration alterations on another (smaller) system.

mike




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