From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 1 15:21:10 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-src@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2409916A4CE; Tue, 1 Mar 2005 15:21:10 +0000 (GMT) Received: from a.mail.sonic.net (a.mail.sonic.net [64.142.16.245]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC9C143D62; Tue, 1 Mar 2005 15:21:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bmah@freebsd.org) Received: from tomcat.kitchenlab.org (tomcat.kitchenlab.org [64.142.31.107]) by a.mail.sonic.net (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j21FL5Ju018252 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO); Tue, 1 Mar 2005 07:21:05 -0800 Received: from tomcat.kitchenlab.org (localhost.kitchenlab.org [127.0.0.1]) by tomcat.kitchenlab.org (8.13.3/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j21FL5K1051958; Tue, 1 Mar 2005 07:21:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bmah@freebsd.org) Received: (from bmah@localhost) by tomcat.kitchenlab.org (8.13.3/8.13.1/Submit) id j21FL4D1051957; Tue, 1 Mar 2005 07:21:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bmah@freebsd.org) X-Authentication-Warning: tomcat.kitchenlab.org: bmah set sender to bmah@freebsd.org using -f From: "Bruce A. Mah" To: Dag-Erling =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= In-Reply-To: <86acpnmzih.fsf@xps.des.no> References: <200502262340.j1QNeAwm029973@repoman.freebsd.org> <861xb0ha8r.fsf@xps.des.no> <200502281644.54210.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <86acpnmzih.fsf@xps.des.no> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-dcC7bBRo9rAx596i2e87" Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 07:21:03 -0800 Message-Id: <1109690463.51837.21.camel@tomcat.kitchenlab.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.3 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port cc: "Bruce A. Mah" cc: src-committers@freebsd.org cc: cvs-all@freebsd.org cc: John Baldwin cc: cvs-src@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/installation/common install.sgml X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 15:21:10 -0000 --=-dcC7bBRo9rAx596i2e87 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable If memory serves me right, Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote: > John Baldwin writes: > > How about a custom boot kernel? When I suggested 12MB rather than > > 7MB in the original PR, I was thinking of the case of building a > > stripped-down custom kernel. GENERIC certainly isn't going to fit > > well in 16MB. >=20 > A custom kernel should work better. I figured out that the "missing" > memory is in fact the memory used by the kernel, so a system with a > trimmed kernel should have a lot more memory available. I'll run some > more tests... Thanks guys. I'm just writing down what people tell me, so this help is much appreciated. (I wonder if maybe we should list a plausible number for booting GENERIC, which might be the same as the "24MB to install" number, plus some guess at what we might fit into with a custom kernel.) Bruce. --=-dcC7bBRo9rAx596i2e87 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBCJIhf2MoxcVugUsMRAnqJAKChNE6iUr4PxFmPw5wG4l67nK6yggCdFbX2 WRWrJeerirljZv2H+X5ldAA= =/CGC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-dcC7bBRo9rAx596i2e87--