From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 27 17:29:06 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14FCF16A4E1 for ; Sun, 27 Aug 2006 17:29:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no) Received: from osl1smout1.broadpark.no (osl1smout1.broadpark.no [80.202.4.58]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8BD943DBA for ; Sun, 27 Aug 2006 17:28:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no) Received: from osl1sminn1.broadpark.no ([80.202.4.59]) by osl1smout1.broadpark.no (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 HotFix 0.05 (built Oct 21 2004)) with ESMTP id <0J4O00AKC3666A90@osl1smout1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Sun, 27 Aug 2006 19:27:42 +0200 (CEST) Received: from kg-work.kg4.no ([80.203.92.117]) by osl1sminn1.broadpark.no (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 HotFix 0.05 (built Oct 21 2004)) with SMTP id <0J4O0087E366T470@osl1sminn1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Sun, 27 Aug 2006 19:27:42 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 19:27:41 +0200 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen X-Face: "t9w2,-X@O^I`jVW\sonI3.,36KBLZE*AL[y9lL[PyFD*r_S:dIL9c[8Y>V42R0"!"yb_zN,f#%.[PYYNq; m"_0v; ~rUM2Yy!zmkh)3&U|u!=T(zyv,MHJv"nDH>OJ`t(@mil461d_B'Uo|'nMwlKe0Mv=kvV?Nh@>Hb<3s_z2jYgZhPb@?Wi^x1a~Hplz1.zH In-reply-to: <20060827181312.38bd2ab6@localhost> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-id: <20060827192741.fd7c86a4.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.7 (GTK+ 2.8.20; i386-portbld-freebsd5.5) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT References: <20060827034652.ad43299b.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <20060827181312.38bd2ab6@localhost> Subject: Re: 16M RAM enough for FreeBSD 6.1? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 17:29:06 -0000 On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 18:13:12 +0200 Fabian Keil wrote: For information: I'm still trying to find a sodimm card for this machine, as everything would be easier if it had more memory. We'll see how I manage that; here in Norway it is not so easy to find things like that, and transport costs from the US are prohibitive for a hobby budget. > I moved the harddisk into a more powerful machine, > installed FreeBSD there, build a lighter kernel and > put the disk back. Are there any FAQ's arounf for things I can safely remove from a 6.1 kernel? > NFS mounting needed a work around: I won't need NFS, so that's not a problem. > In your case it's probably easier to create a disk image > in Qemu, copy it to a CD and then use something that Hmm, I'm not very familiar with Qemu. A quick web search didn't turn up any obvious pointers on how to create a ISO image from a qemu image, or how to make an ISO image from the (currently running) Qemu image. Do you have any pointers to a HowTo for this? > boots from a floppy, supports the CD-Rom drive and brings > dd with it, to "install" the image. Yes, this sounds like a good plan. -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen, Norway