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Date:      Wed, 25 Jun 2003 13:05:57 +0200
From:      Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl>
To:        "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@nitro.dk>
Cc:        FreeBSD-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 8MB install
Message-ID:  <20030625110557.GA8438@freebie.xs4all.nl>
In-Reply-To: <20030625104518.GA402@nitro.dk>
References:  <200306251557.25303.m-trade@hotpop.com> <3EF96EF8.4C4DED20@mindspring.com> <200306251210.50565.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> <20030625104518.GA402@nitro.dk>

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On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 12:45:19PM +0200, Simon L. Nielsen wrote:
> On 2003.06.25 12:10:42 +0200, Michael Nottebrock wrote:
> > On Wednesday 25 June 2003 11:44, Terry Lambert wrote:
> > 
> > > Alternately, you could find a FreeBSD 1.1.5.1 distribution on the
> > > net somewhere, and install that, instead; I have personally run
> > > that version of FreeBSD on a 4M 386SX, to use it as an X Terminal.
> > > 8-).
> > 
> > FWIW, the last FreeBSD release I managed to install on an 8mb machine from 
> > CD-ROM+bootfloppies was 4.1.1.
> 
> Can anybody else confirm this ?  It seems like the documetation need to
> be updated to state this.
> 
> Have anybody made any recent tests on CURRENT (and STABLE for that
> matter) with regards to minimum RAM requirements, install and normal
> runtime?

CURRENT in 8MB is a joke.

For 4.x the minimum to get an installer running was something like 12MB
for years now.

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