On Fri, Aug 12, 2005 at 09:38:43PM +0100, Chris wrote: > Hi > > The installation notes for 4.11 say, referring to i386 platform > " ...after installation, FreeBSD itself can be run in 4-8MB of RAM with > a pared-down kernel" > > The installation notes for 5.4 and 6 (the floppies README.TXT) say > "FreeBSD for the i386 requires ...at least 24 MB of RAM". > > Did the memory requirement really jump that much or is something > different being measured?
The quoted text is comparing *installation* requirements (24 on 5.4) with minimum memory needed to run a pared-down kernel *after installation* (4-8MB on 4.11). Apples and oranges. Kris
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