Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 21:06:24 +0200 From: Pieter de Goeje <pieter@degoeje.nl> To: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 16M RAM enough for FreeBSD 6.1? Message-ID: <200608272106.24334.pieter@degoeje.nl> In-Reply-To: <20060827071329.GK16768@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <20060827034652.ad43299b.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <20060827071329.GK16768@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org>
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On Sunday 27 August 2006 09:13, Peter Jeremy wrote: > On Sun, 2006-Aug-27 03:46:52 +0200, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: > >I have an old laptop, a Compaq Armada 1580DMT, with 16M RAM, 2GB hd, > > ... > > >However, when I try the 6.1-release CD (CD1), it boots as far as > >loading the kernel, botting the kernel, and then reboots again?? > > The CD-ROMs create a RAMdisk and need a minimum of 24MB last I checked. > Once you have FreeBSD installed, it will limp along in 16MB (though > not very happily). I strongly suggest you find a SODIMM to expand it. A friend of mine installed 6.1 successfully on a pentium with 48MB ram. It runs quite well actually :) He didn't try to to install X however.
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