Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 19:54:58 +0200 (CEST) From: "P. U. Kruppa" <root@pukruppa.de> To: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: FreeBSD-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 8MB install Message-ID: <20030625195127.X80674@small.pukruppa.de> In-Reply-To: <20030625.102024.35071759.imp@bsdimp.com> References: <200306251557.25303.m-trade@hotpop.com> <20030625.102024.35071759.imp@bsdimp.com>
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On Wed, 25 Jun 2003, M. Warner Losh wrote: > In message: <200306251557.25303.m-trade@hotpop.com> > M-Trade <m-trade@hotpop.com> writes: > : Hello, > : > : Has anyone had any success installing 5.1 release on a 486 > : w/ 8MB RAM? I can't install. > : > : avail memory = (245760) 0 MB > : > : Is this expected behavior? > > Yes. The generic kernel is a big fat pigdog. you might be able to > cope with a stripped down kernel, but sysinstall will dump core unless > you sneak in early in the process and add more swap. you really need > at least 16MB if not 24MB of RAM to install 5 Last week I installed a Pentium 90 with 16 MB - 5.1 couldn't even start the installation menu, 4.8 went well without any problems or special configuration. Uli. > > Warner > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > +-----------------------------------+ | Peter Ulrich Kruppa | | - Wuppertal - | | Germany | +-----------------------------------+
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