Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2002 13:50:06 -0800 (PST) From: Tenebrae <tenebrae@niceboots.com> To: Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Memory Requirements Legacy and Present Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0201201344450.49640-100000@steeltoe.niceboots.com> In-Reply-To: <3C47C04D.27F6A894@tenebras.com>
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On Thu, 17 Jan 2002, Michael Sierchio wrote: > Eugene Grosbein wrote: > > > 4.2 was the last release that can be installed from FTP using NIC > > with 8Mb RAM/no swap. It's still possible to install 4.4-RELEASE > > from FTP using NIC with 8Mb RAM but the first step in sysinstall must > > be allocation of some swap space and activating it with key 'W' > > in Label Editor screen. Otherwise, sysinstall will run out of memory while > > configuring ethernet interface. > > > > Sheesh. 64MB of PC133 RAM is USD 22.00. 1GB of PC133w/ECC is $325. Cheaper > than these is the brick you can use to bash your head for being too cheap > to buy memory. ;-) Don't forget laptops. I have this ancient NEC Versa 4000 that I've had a heckuva time installing ANY OS on, much less finding replacement parts for. It was free, so I can't really complain, but that never stopped me before... Upgrade, buy, spend...I hate that kind of mentality. -Tenebrae. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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