Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 12:09:28 +0700 From: Eugene Grosbein <eugen@www.kuzbass.ru> To: Matt Penna <mdp1261@ritvax.rit.edu> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Memory Requirements Legacy and Present Message-ID: <3C47AE08.24F97802@www.kuzbass.ru> References: <5.1.0.14.2.20020117210634.01d8eec0@vmspop.isc.rit.edu>
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Matt Penna wrote: > Is there anyone here who can tell me when the memory requirements changed, > and to exactly what amounts? Is there a reliable way I can determine these > numbers on my own? (I use the word "reliable" because, in ignorance, I > attempted to run through the installer for 4.3-Release on a system with > only 8MB and succeeded without any difficulty whatsoever, though that was > apparently impossible. :) 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. 4.5-RC1 can be booted to multiuser with 4Mb RAM and custom stripped-down kernel if one have at least 512Kb of swap. I guess it won't be very useful. It will run smoothly as router/NAT/traffic shaper/small network monitoring system with 8Mb RAM and some swap space. The amount of swap depends of number and size of running applications. I currently run 486SX-25/8MB RAM with one of 4.4-SNAPs. It acts as ethernet/modem gateway, runs sshd and net-snmp and is capable of serving several simultanious shell sessions under screen(1). Eugene Grosbein To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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