Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2001 11:05:38 -0400 From: Matt Penna <mdp1261@rit.edu> To: questions@freebsd.org Cc: sumirati@yahoo.de, ertr1013@student.uu.se Subject: Re: 4.4-Release on 386DX w/ 8MB RAM Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20011001104644.03b27ec0@vmspop.rit.edu> In-Reply-To: <20011001142232.50452.qmail@web13303.mail.yahoo.com>
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>Hi Matt,
>
>yes, somewhere since FreeBSD 4.x the amount of memory needed for
>_installation_
>changed to 12 MB.
>
>In the mailing list archives it is mentioned sometimes.
[...]
>FreeBSD requires more than 8 MB RAM to install nowadays. This was not
>introduced with 4.4 but rather with 3.4 (or possibly 3.3). I believe
>the minimum is 12 or 16 MB RAM to install.
>Note that you can run FreeBSD with only 8MB RAM, just not install.
Thank you, Marc and Erik, for pointing this out!
Sorry for asking something that was already in the archives - I tried
searching before posting the question, but I apparently wasn't hitting on
the correct search terms.
Odd that 4.3 installs fine on the machine with only 8MB, but after checking
the archives more closely, it seems others have not been so lucky.
Perhaps I should submit an update for the FAQ - it still claims that 5MB is
all that's needed for installation. Then again, it also counts 2.2 among
"newer versions of FreeBSD." :)
Thanks again!
Matt
And Erik, it's nice to know I'm not the only one who still uses 386es. :)
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