From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 11 17:51:01 2005 Return-Path: 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 29FD916A4CE for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:51:01 +0000 (GMT) Received: from hotmail.com (bay103-dav12.bay103.hotmail.com [65.54.174.84]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1EB843D1D for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:51:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from whitevamp47@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 09:51:00 -0800 Message-ID: Received: from 65.102.125.195 by BAY103-DAV12.phx.gbl with DAV; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:50:47 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.102.125.195] X-Originating-Email: [whitevamp47@hotmail.com] X-Sender: whitevamp47@hotmail.com From: "whitevamp" To: "Ramiro Aceves" , "freebsd-questions-en" References: <41E3A901.7040307@wanadoo.es> Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 09:49:26 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2527 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2527 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 11 Jan 2005 17:51:00.0602 (UTC) FILETIME=[1C91B5A0:01C4F806] Subject: Re: Confirmed: 5.3 installation do not work with 16 MB RAM X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:51:01 -0000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ramiro Aceves" To: "freebsd-questions-en" Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 2:22 AM Subject: Confirmed: 5.3 installation do not work with 16 MB RAM > Hello FreeBSD friends. > > In previous post I told you that I was unable to install FreeBSD 5.3 in an > old Pentium 100 MHz and 16 MB RAM, with the three floppies (FreeBSD 4.10 > installs well). After the daemon screen, the system rebooted just before > loading the kernel. That strange behaviour made me try everything at the > boot loader prompt along several weeks, without success. In the floppies > directory of the 5.3 installation CDROM states that FreeBSD can be > installed with at least 8MB RAM: > > ************************ > 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) and > at least 8 megs of RAM to install and 7 megs to run. > *************************** > > I read on the internet that some people could not install FreeBSD 5.3 in > 16 MB, needing as much as 24 MB to success. I think I have confirmed that. > A couple of days before, I received from a friend another "fast machine" > ;-), it was a pentium 75 MHz with 32 MB RAM. I tried to remove the memory > bank from the pentium75 to the pentium100, but this kind of memory did not > work on the later one.( it did not like EDO RAM). :-( > > So I installed FreeBSD 5.3 on the Pentium 75 machine flawlessly, > everything went fine. Then I removed two 8MB banks, so that the machine > was 16 MB RAM. I tried the install floppies, and YES!!!, it rebooted > before the kernel load. > > So FreeBSD can not be installed with floppies and 16 MB RAM. I needs > more. How much? I do not know, 32MB work here, but I can not test 24 MB. > > I think the files on the manuals should be corrected to avoid this kind of > issues. > > Whell, that is the story, although I have not been able to get Xorg work > on this machine, but you will know that in the next post to the list. > > Thanks > Ramiro Aceves > snip i two had the same issues of not getting freebsd 4.9 , 4.10 or 5.3 installed and running with 16 meg of ram on an old 233 box that i whanted to use as a firewall/router .. so i put 32 in it and it works just fine with 5.3-stable