"Simon L. Nielsen" wrote: > On 2003.06.25 12:10:42 +0200, Michael Nottebrock wrote: > > 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.
State what? That you should use 4.1.1 on 8M 486 machines, if you intend on installing from media that require the use of a RAM disk for installation? Seems a little specialized... 8-). > Have anybody made any recent tests on CURRENT (and STABLE for that > matter) with regards to minimum RAM requirements, install and normal > runtime? Yes; about two months ago there were a couple of people who installed on an old 386SX. The main issue was that they had to roll their own distribution from sources, specifically with a stripped down kernel without all the weird drivers (which is exactly what I talked about in my previous posting). -- Terry _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"