From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 27 23:17:00 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9277B16A4DA for ; Sun, 27 Aug 2006 23:17:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hackmiester@hackmiester.com) Received: from smtpout08-04.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net (smtpout08-04.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net [64.202.165.12]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C8E8A43D68 for ; Sun, 27 Aug 2006 23:16:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from hackmiester@hackmiester.com) Received: (qmail 2960 invoked from network); 27 Aug 2006 23:16:55 -0000 Received: from unknown (70.146.255.132) by smtpout08-04.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net (64.202.165.12) with ESMTP; 27 Aug 2006 23:16:54 -0000 In-Reply-To: References: <5584A99D-CB53-45D8-B552-BFF89A01E9C8@hackmiester.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: "hackmiester (Hunter Fuller)" Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 18:16:52 -0500 To: "Nikolas Britton" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Proof of concept box with 8mB RAM X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 23:17:00 -0000 On 27 August 2006, at 18:01, Nikolas Britton wrote: > On 8/27/06, hackmiester (Hunter Fuller) > wrote: > > That box doesn't have enough memory to run a current version of > FreeBSD or Linux. I just want a version to run, a new one is obviously pushing it :) > Also what CPU does it use? 386 > FreeBSD 6.x, and I'm sure > Linux 2.6, removed 386 support. You need a 486 or better to run the > current version of FreeBSD. Does this box have a math coprocessor? Yes. > The "recommended" minimum requirements to run FreeBSD 6.1 is a Pentium > MMX, or equivalent, with 32MB of system ram. You can get by with less > but you won't like the results if you plan to use it as a workstation. LOL, no, that would be torture, it's purely proof of concept. > Use FreeBSD 4.11-STABLE or 5.5-STABLE for anything less then that. > > I did some tests on disk space and memory requirements back in January > with FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE. Nobody seemed to notice the first time so > I'll post it again: > > Test Rig: > VMware 5 (Win2K/NTFS), VM Settings: > 32MB RAM > 64MB RAM For KDE-Lite Install (failed with 32MB) > 128MB RAM For GNOME-Lite Install (failed with 64MB) > 4GB Hard Drive (Default settings) > CD-ROM (Pointing to FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE i386 ISO Images) > No USB, No Audio, No LAN > > FreeBSD Disk Layout: > ad0s1a 4095MB / ufs2 > ad0s1b null swap null > ad0s1d null /var null > ad0s1e null /tmp null > ad0s1f null /usr null > > Everything (/tmp, /var, and /usr) is setup on the root partition, no > swap partition was setup. > > Results: > * 1st column of numbers are from the VM disk image file. > * 2nd column is from inside FreeBSD with "du -m". > * All numbers reported in megabytes. > > Distribution Sets: > Developer 918 741 > X-Developer 1080 882 > Kern-Developer 526 427 > X-Kern-Developer 690 568 > User 393 319 > X-User 560 461 > Minimal 183 156 > > Extrapolated Results: > Ports System 283 270 > GNOME-Lite 688 655 > KDE-Lite 879 864 > X.Org Default Install 164 143 > X.Org Full Install 177 158 > Linux Binary Compat. 255 127 > Sys Sources + Proflibs 392 315 > Kern Sources + Proflibs 133 109 > > Miscellaneous Sets: > X-User (All X.Org) 572 476 > X-User + GNOME-Lite 1247 1115 > X-User + KDE-Lite 1438 1323 > Minimal + Ports System 466 425 > Minimal + Linux Compat. 438 282 > > -- > BSD Podcasts @: > http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/ > http://freebsdforall.blogspot.com/ >