Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 14:56:59 -0700 From: Scott Long <scottl@freebsd.org> To: Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.3 on Intel 386 ? Message-ID: <41A6552B.60704@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <41A6527F.1030201@gmx.net> References: <41A58384.30603@yahoo.com> <20041125070540.GA44058@freebie.xs4all.nl> <41A5880D.4030405@yahoo.com> <41A5895D.5030000@freebsd.org> <41A6527F.1030201@gmx.net>
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Michael Nottebrock wrote: > Scott Long wrote: > >> Rob wrote: >> >>>>> 1.2 Hardware Requirements >>>>> FreeBSD for the i386 requires a 486 or better processor to install >>>>> and run (although FreeBSD can run on 386 processors with a custom >>>>> kernel).... > > > Btw: The "at least 8 megs of RAM to install and 7 megs to run" needs > some rather big annotations to be true and should probably be revised. > The last release you could install from a CD-ROM with plain sysinstall > on 8 megs of RAM was FreeBSD 4.1.1-RELEASE. > Yeah, the mfsroot requirement here along with the growing kernel size really makes it hard for the installer to work in even 16MB of RAM. I don't see this abating anytime soon unless we go to a bare kernel + modules approach and ditch /stand from the mfsroot (and thereby ditch floppies). I'm just saying this matter of fact, not trying to stir a debate. Please enjoy your turkey dinner instead today and refrain from flaming me over floppies vs. RAM =-) Scott
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