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Date:      Sat, 05 Mar 2005 08:42:37 -0800
From:      "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@freebsd.org>
To:        Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
Cc:        des@des.no
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/installation/common install.sgml
Message-ID:  <1110040957.751.2.camel@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <20050301.135532.39196899.imp@bsdimp.com>
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If memory serves me right, Warner Losh wrote:
> From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>

> > Then I think we should just say 24MB is the minimum required for both i=
nstall=20
> > and running given all the comments.  It will also simplify the docs if =
we=20
> > just go with one number for minimum memory requirement.
>=20
> I agree.  I neglected to explicitly state the point I was trying to
> make: While expert users might be able to make slower, smaller
> hardware configurations work, in general we should go with more
> conservative numbers.  In the 'embedded' or 'embedding' documentation
> maybe we should mention the possibility of hand-crafted versions of
> FreeBSD running in much less memory that for normal users.

I think this is the way to go too.  I'll make the changes in the general
installation notes and the FAQ to reflect a minimum memory requirement
of 24 MB for both installing and running (actually I'll just remove the
distinction).

Thanks to all for their comments,

Bruce.


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