Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 23:39:50 -0500 From: "Nikolas Britton" <nikolas.britton@gmail.com> To: "hackmiester (Hunter Fuller)" <hackmiester@hackmiester.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Proof of concept box with 8mB RAM Message-ID: <ef10de9a0608272139j7b3783cdy354938177d95bebf@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <D367B813-D9F0-4FE9-9953-9C789DDD3CB6@hackmiester.com> References: <5584A99D-CB53-45D8-B552-BFF89A01E9C8@hackmiester.com> <ef10de9a0608271601l22ef751bkc2623284d7ea7d7e@mail.gmail.com> <D367B813-D9F0-4FE9-9953-9C789DDD3CB6@hackmiester.com>
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I just tested the minimum memory requirements for FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE through 2.2.9-RELEASE using VMware 5 Workstation: FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE: 4MB, 8MB: Dies at bootstrap loader. 12MB, 16MB: Dies while loading acpi.ko. 20MB: Boots / Successfully installed the default minimal distribution set. Mem: 2484K Active, 1396K Iact, 6004K Wired, 680K Cache, 1984K Buf, 348K Free Swap: 7184K Total, 2732K Used, 4452K Free, 38% Inuse FreeBSD 5.5-RELEASE: 4MB, 8MB: Dies at bootstrap loader. 12MB, 16MB: Dies while loading acpi.ko. 20MB: Boots / Sysinstall dies after writing filesystem information. 24MB: Boots / Successfully installed the default minimal distribution set. Mem: 2332K Active, 1196K Iact, 9468K Wired, 1136K Cache, 3008K Buf, 840K Free Swap: 32M Total, 2748K Used, 29M Free, 8% Inuse FreeBSD 4.11-RELEASE: 4MB: Dies at bootstrap loader. 8MB: Dies while mounting root filesystem. 12MB: Boots / Successfully installed the default minimal distribution set. Mem: 1900K Active, 1408K Iact, 2896K Wired, 472K Cache, 1120K Buf, 308K Free Swap: 32M Total, 2576K Used, 29M Free, 7% Inuse FreeBSD 3.5.1-RELEASE: 4MB: Dies at bootstrap loader. 8MB: Boots / Sysinstall dies while extracting files. 12MB: Boots / Successfully installed the default minimal distribution set. Mem: 712K Active, 3780K Iact, 2092K Wired, 2024K Cache, 809K Buf, 520K Free Swap: 29M Total, 29M Free FreeBSD 2.2.9-RELEASE: 4MB: Boots / Sysinstall dies while probing devices. 8MB: Boots / Successfully installed the default minimal distribution set. Mem: 3764K Active, 432K Iact, 1472K Wired, 244K Cache, 420K Buf, 184K Free Swap: 42M Total, 64K Used, 42M Free
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