Date: 13 Aug 2005 00:55:48 +0200 From: "Arno J. Klaassen" <arno@heho.snv.jussieu.fr> To: Chris <chris@childeric.freeserve.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Memory requirements between releases Message-ID: <wp7jeqahor.fsf@heho.snv.jussieu.fr> In-Reply-To: <42FD08D3.2080300@childeric.freeserve.co.uk> References: <42FD08D3.2080300@childeric.freeserve.co.uk>
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hello, > The installation notes for 5.4 and 6 (the floppies README.TXT) say > "FreeBSD for the i386 requires ...at least 24 MB of RAM". > [ .. ] > I have on old tosh 110CT laptop with 24mb memory I want to set up as a > wireless router/NAT box but would prefer to use 6 or 5.4. I've run 5.X for about a year on a Pentium60 with 16M as ethernet router/NAT; flawless, excellent perf (untill it died a couple of weeks ago). net-booting via PXE though, no idea whether you can *install* with less than 24M, running only seems OK Arno
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