Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 22:15:19 -0700 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: FreeBSD-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 8MB install Message-ID: <3EFA8167.E1EE7FC4@mindspring.com> References: <200306251557.25303.m-trade@hotpop.com> <20030625.102024.35071759.imp@bsdimp.com>
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"M. Warner Losh" wrote: > In message: <200306251557.25303.m-trade@hotpop.com> > M-Trade <m-trade@hotpop.com> writes: > : 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 If you use the project supplied installation tools (e.g. sysinstall from a monster RAM disk from a compressed disk image whose memory is pretty much not recovered, etc.). There *are* other ways to install than booting a CDROM; they are just more labor intensive, and require FreeBSD running on a more poswerful machine to set up the install for the other machine. -- Terry
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