Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 12:01:59 +0100 From: Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@sicfa.org> To: questions@freebsd.org Cc: kris@obsecurity.org Subject: Re: differences between 2-STABLE, 3-STABLE and 4-STABLE Message-ID: <20020111110159.GA11801@oxygene.in.schickler.net> In-Reply-To: <20020111023152.A18542@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <20020111102201.GA5668@oxygene.in.schickler.net> <20020111023152.A18542@xor.obsecurity.org>
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On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 02:31:52AM -0800, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 11:22:01AM +0100, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I've successfully installed FreeBSD-2.1.5 on a 486 SX 25 with 4 MB RAM > > and 120 MB HD laptop. > > I was wondering if an upgrade to FreeBSD 3-STABLE or 4-STABLE would be > > interesting. What are the benefits ? > > Far, far too many to list. 2.1.5 came out 5 1/2 years ago. > > > Will it run faster, or has FreeBSD became bigger and bigger and slower > > and slower during the last 5 years ? > > Unfortunately for you, I expect that you'll have problems fitting more > modern versions in only 4MB (it likes to have at least 8MB). I thought the only problem was to be able to make the kernel fit in only 4 MB ram. For the rest, I think swapping will do it. Wouldn't a customised kernel do the trick, with 3-STABLE, maybe ? I remember installing 3-STABLE on a 8 MB system, with a GENERIC kernel. > > The upgrade is possible by mounting the /usr/src and /usr/obj via NFS. > > I've already recompiled the kernel that way, so I know it works :) > > You won't be able to do a source-level upgrade from 2.1.5 to anything > modern; it's not supported and won't work. You also can't install > using a binary snapshot with less than 12MB. I suppose it's a compiler's version problem, since 2.1.5 used gcc 2.6.3. Would a source upgrade like that work : 2.1.5 -> 2-STABLE 2-STABLE -> 3-STABLE <- possible stop here, since it would be a great improvement ;) 3-STABLE -> 4-STABLE with maybe intermediate steps at 3.0 and 4.0 if direct upgrades from n-stable to (n+1)-stable doesn't work ? Thanks for your help, Kris, Lucas Nussbaum To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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