Date: Sat, 1 May 1999 15:20:07 -0500 (CDT) From: Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us> To: riff_one@athenet.net Cc: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can't install 3.1 in 8 MB (was: 3.1-Release Install Hangs - ARRGH!) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9905011510410.1410-100000@mail.wolves.k12.mo.us> In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19990501025437.006feca8@athenet.net>
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On Sat, 1 May 1999 riff_one@athenet.net wrote: > I've read something about the FBSD running fine after installed on 8mb > boxes.....maybe I'll drag the HD out of the 8mb machine into my main > machine and do the install there and put it back into the 8mb box. > Is it reasonable to assume that FBSD 3.1 will run all right on the 8mb > box if I can get through the installation? Yes. I just recently installed 3.1 in a 486/33 w/8MB RAM. I had a lot of trouble installing it (PPP over null modem to my much bigger 3.1 box). I could get it to begin unpacking the distributions, but about 19% of the way through bin, it would stop. I could still switch consoles, etc., but no errors on the debug console. Installing over Ethernet might have helped, since no resources would have had to be allocated to ppp. I finally ended up making a custom boot disk with a stripped down kernel, which freed up just over another 1MB of RAM, and all went well. Seems to run fine after install (with enough swap, of course). -- Chris Dillon - cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us - cdillon@inter-linc.net FreeBSD: The fastest and most stable server OS on the planet. For Intel x86 and Alpha architectures (SPARC under development). ( http://www.freebsd.org ) "One should admire Windows users. It takes a great deal of courage to trust Windows with your data." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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