Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 09:43:50 -0400 (EDT) From: Matthew Emmerton <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> To: "Brian T.Schellenberger" <bts@babbleon.org> Cc: Eric Landreville <elandrev@lino.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 486 DX33 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0109250942390.84398-100000@xena.gsicomp.on.ca> In-Reply-To: <01092423344507.03197@i8k.babbleon.org>
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FreeBSD 4.x needs >12MB to *install*, but can *run* with 8MB. -- Matthew Emmerton || matt@gsicomp.on.ca GSI Computer Services || http://www.gsicomp.on.ca On Mon, 24 Sep 2001, Brian T.Schellenberger wrote: > > FreeBSD surely doesn't require 20 Meg for line mode. Well, I would hope not. > I was running it with less than 8Meg on my first FreeBSD box, but that was > 1996 or so; requirements might have gone up but they should not have gone up > as high as 20M. > > On Monday 24 September 2001 11:33, Andrew C. Hornback wrote: > > FreeBSD probably doesn't like the limited amount of memory. Try going to > > 20 or 32 Megs. Either one should allow you to get it up and running. > > > > --- Andy > > P.S. Please don't send HTML-ized e-mail to the list > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Eric Landreville > > Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2001 11:00 PM > > To: questions@FreeBSD.org > > Subject: 486 DX33 > > > > > > Hi , > > I was trying to install Freebsd on an old 486DX33 my aunt gave me , > > but when it installs , the computer freezes. Everything works well with my > > 2 floppies , I also see that the CD is spinning , it begins to copy , but > > it freezes, I burned another CD , I thought it could be that, but it does > > the same thing. I spoke about this to some of my friends and they say the > > problem is my memory. I only got 8 Megs of memory and i think that could be > > the problem. I was wondering if i had 20 or even 32 megs of memory if > > freebsd would be running. I don't want to install any X-window component , > > only the text mode and I'd like to use my Freebsd box as a Web,ftp server > > and maybe as a gateway for my personal home network. Would I be able to do > > all those things with my pc if I'd have 20 Megs of Ram. > > > > > > Eric > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -- > Brian T. Schellenberger . . . . . . . bts@wnt.sas.com (work) > Brian, the man from Babble-On . . . . bts@babbleon.org (personal) > http://www.babbleon.org > > --------------------> Free Dmitry Sklyarov! <------------------------- > > http://www.eff.org http://www.programming-freedom.org > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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