Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 13:07:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug <doemill@shocking.com> To: Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us> Cc: Nik Clayton <nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Memory required to install FreeBSD? Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.4.05.9907301307020.17553-100000@fingers.shocking.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9907301446530.40460-100000@mail.wolves.k12.mo.us>
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installing freebsd 3.2-release on an 8mb machine over nfs worked for me... On Fri, 30 Jul 1999, Chris Dillon wrote: > On Fri, 30 Jul 1999, Nik Clayton wrote: > > > Hi guys, > > > > I'm trying to sort out PR docs/11852. Can I anyone please tell me > > (definitively) how much memory you need in a box in order to install > > FreeBSD on it. > > > > It certainly used to be 5 MB, some of the documentation says 8 MB, and > > the PR says you now need 12 MB. I don't have access to a low end machine > > to test this out on, so I'm hoping one of you can let me know. > > >From personal experience, I couldn't install FreeBSD 3.1 on an 8MB > machine over PPP. Doing so over ethernet may have worked, since the > useland ppp app wouldn't have to be loaded (or would that matter?). My > solution was to place a new smaller kernel on the installation disk > with only the required devices, which I believe gave me about 800KB > more to play with, and the installation then succeeded. > > I haven't tried an install with only 8MB with 3.2 yet, though the > machine is sitting at home being unused at the moment, so I could try, > if you're interested. > > > -- 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 > | Doug | unix9.org admin | shocking.com/~doemill/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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