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Date:      Wed, 9 Feb 2005 09:09:27 -0800
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cracked out floppy install
Message-ID:  <20050209170927.GB37205@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <420A235A.7060907@freebsd.org>
References:  <200502072107.38331.me@danielquinn.org> <20050207222811.U24265@frambozen.monochrome.org> <200502072252.53881.danstemporaryaccount@yahoo.ca> <420A235A.7060907@freebsd.org>

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On Wed, Feb 09, 2005 at 02:51:06PM +0000, Mark Ovens wrote:

> >well the handbook says freebsd5 has a minimum requirement of 8mb, so 16=
=20
> >should be fine.  but even if it weren't, you'd think there'd be some for=
m=20
> >of useful error message instead of just rebooting.  it just makes no sen=
se.
> >
>=20
> Interestingly, the Installation Notes for 4.11-R,=20
> http://www.freebsd.org/releases/4.11R/installation-i386.html state, in=20
> section 1.2 Hardware Requirements, "The sysinstall(8) installation=20
> program requires 16MB of RAM"
>=20
> Does sysinstall in 5.3 _really_ need half the RAM that 4.11 requires? I=
=20
> find that hard to believe.

No...this has been established elsethread and a PR has been submitted.

Kris
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