Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 11:54:55 -0500 From: Walter Brameld <brameld@twave.net> To: "Jeff Bond" <jeff@pixelfusion.co.uk>, "Danny" <dannyh@idx.com.au> Cc: "questions@freebsd. org" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: RAM requirements for 3.3-RELEASE installation Message-ID: <00030311561705.58868@Bozo_3.BozoLand.domain> In-Reply-To: <001101bf84f1$cc588000$1c00a8c0@pixelfusion.co.uk> References: <001101bf84f1$cc588000$1c00a8c0@pixelfusion.co.uk>
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Good, another satisfied customer! On Fri, 03 Mar 2000, while doing cartwheels over his initial FreeBSD experience, Jeff Bond wrote: > Hi Danny, > > Thanks for the help. I won't be running X, just playing mp3 files (It's an > in-car mp3 project). In the end, I just swapped the HD into a faster bigger > machine to do the install to save time. The HD is now back in the 8Mb > machine and works just fine. No problem with the memory at all, it hardly > ever touches the swap running xaudio. Heck, sound even worked after one > kernel rebuild! > > Last week, I tried the same think with Redhat 6.1. Again, it needed >8Mb to > install, but once it was installed, it would run *VERY SLOWLY* in 8Mb. It > would thrash the swap file constantly, and I found it much harder to > configure for my sound card and network card. > > I'm not really slagging Redhat off, it's just that FreeBSD seems much leaner > and meaner, and simpler to configure than Redhat. I think Redhat is trying > to do everything 'automagically', making it simpler for the novice user, but > it's a pain in the arse on a small machine. > > Regards, > > Jeff > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Danny [mailto:dannyh@idx.com.au] > > Sent: 04 March 2000 2:20 > > To: Jeff Bond; questions@freebsd. org > > Subject: Re: RAM requirements for 3.3-RELEASE installation > > > > > > Depends : - > > > > Are you going to use a GUI interface or are you going to use a text based > > interface. > > > > I don't see any problems if you do a mimium install of FreeBSD > > with 8Mb RaM > > > > Looking forward to your feedback. > > > > danny > > > > dannyh@idx.com.au > > > > > > On Thu, 02 Mar 2000, Jeff Bond wrote: > > > Hi folks, > > > > > > Could someone please tell me how much RAM I will need to > > install 3.3-RELEASE > > > from a CDROM (with boot floppies)? Will 8Mb be enough? > > > > > > I did have some trouble in the past with 3.1R requiring more > > than 8MB for an > > > FTP install, hence my question. I've searched the handbook, and > > FAQ, without > > > much success. > > > > > > Please copy replies directly to me, since I am not subscribed. > > > > > > Thanks for any help, > > > > > > Jeff > > > ========================== > > > Jeffery Bond > > > Silicon Design Engineer > > > Pixelfusion Ltd. > > > > > > http://www.pixelfusion.com > > > ========================== > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 -- Walter Brameld in·tel·lec·tu·al n. Someone who has been educated past his/her level of intelligence. Join the Army, meet interesting people, kill them. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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