Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 10:20:24 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: m-trade@hotpop.com Cc: FreeBSD-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 8MB install Message-ID: <20030625.102024.35071759.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <200306251557.25303.m-trade@hotpop.com> References: <200306251557.25303.m-trade@hotpop.com>
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M-Trade <m-trade@hotpop.com> writes:
: Hello,
:
: Has anyone had any success installing 5.1 release on a 486
: w/ 8MB RAM? I can't install.
:
: avail memory = (245760) 0 MB
:
: Is this expected behavior?
Yes. The generic kernel is a big fat pigdog. you might be able to
cope with a stripped down kernel, but sysinstall will dump core unless
you sneak in early in the process and add more swap. you really need
at least 16MB if not 24MB of RAM to install 5
Warner
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