On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 12:45 am, Scott I. Remick wrote: > --- Ramiro Aceves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My pentium 100 MHz with 16 MB RAM runs smoothly with FreeBSD 4.10 , it > > even runs fvwm under X. I am not able to run 5.3 install, as I only have > > 16MB, I was suspecting that I need more memory for the install proccess. > > The reason I wanted 5.3 was so that, if my dad gets hooked and wants to > progress, he doesn't have to unlearn the 4.x way of things after just > learning it. Unfortunately this old system is the only spare one we had > lying around. > > Now, I can understand needing more than 16MB to install. I can understand > that there'd be a lot of swapping. I can understand it's going to be a lot > slower than what I'm used to. But what I don't understand is how I could > wake up this morning and it's STILL working on that man page. That seems to > suggest not just proportional slowness, but that there's something horribly > wrong. >
What is your total memory space? Do you have enough swap space? All hell can break loose if physical memory + swap space is too small. Malcolm _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
