Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 21:30:28 -0700 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@nitro.dk> Cc: FreeBSD-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 8MB install Message-ID: <3EFA76E4.C66C35D4@mindspring.com> References: <200306251557.25303.m-trade@hotpop.com> <3EF96EF8.4C4DED20@mindspring.com> <200306251210.50565.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> <20030625104518.GA402@nitro.dk>
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"Simon L. Nielsen" wrote: > On 2003.06.25 12:10:42 +0200, Michael Nottebrock wrote: > > FWIW, the last FreeBSD release I managed to install on an 8mb machine from > > CD-ROM+bootfloppies was 4.1.1. > > Can anybody else confirm this ? It seems like the documetation need to > be updated to state this. State what? That you should use 4.1.1 on 8M 486 machines, if you intend on installing from media that require the use of a RAM disk for installation? Seems a little specialized... 8-). > Have anybody made any recent tests on CURRENT (and STABLE for that > matter) with regards to minimum RAM requirements, install and normal > runtime? Yes; about two months ago there were a couple of people who installed on an old 386SX. The main issue was that they had to roll their own distribution from sources, specifically with a stripped down kernel without all the weird drivers (which is exactly what I talked about in my previous posting). -- Terry
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