Does the Hurd run with only 8 MB of RAM? I have here a pool of i486 PCs with 8 MB of RAM and I'm planning to use them for networked experiments with gnumach/Hurd. They are currently running Utah's Mach4 + BSD-Lites Server very well and I'd like to repeat the Mach4 tests on load distribution and task migration with Gnumach and the Hurd.
One first big problem I'm encountering here, is the requirement of an ext2fs filesystem for the Hurd in its current setup. The boxes have currently a UFS filesystem + BSD disklabel on them and the Mach4 kernel is running a ufs filesystem server on them. The Hurd seems to need an ext2fs (ext2fs.static), at least to put the translator bits on. How can I get an ext2fs on those 8 MB RAM Boxes without Linux? AFAIK, it's not possible anymore to install Linux on machines with less than 16 MB RAM (also, I don't have space to burn on those i486 for extra Linux partitions). Is there any way to get the Hurd on them, even withouht Linux? Or asked in another way: Is there a way to run a ufs server instead of the ext2fs.static server with the Hurd on these boxes? And speaking about memory requirements: What are they for the current "generic" version of gnumach as present in Marcus' tar balls or .deb? Adding a lot of linux drivers certainly did bloat up the memory hunger of gnumach in a very troubling manner. Anyone tried gnumach recently on a low-memory box? Is there a 'minimalistic' gnumach _binary_ available right now? Thank you for your help. -- Farid Hajji -- Unix Systems and Network Administrator | Phone: +49-2131-67-555 Broicherdorfstr. 83, D-41564 Kaarst, Germany | [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - - - - - - - Fermat: ...I've found a remarkable proof for this: Let x,y @[EMAIL PROTECTED]@ NO CARRIER
