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From: j@bonnie.tcd-dresden.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc
Subject: Re: bsd vs linux????
Date: 21 Sep 1993 16:38:23 +0200
Organization: Textil Computer Design GmbH Dresden, Germany
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In <CDDH3A.13A@kaiwan.com> luke@kaiwan.com ( Luke ) writes:
>I am new in this area. So I want to try those OS out in my junk PC.
>PC 386/40 with MFM/HD 80 Mega and 2 Mega RAM only.
>Last, I tried FreeBsd. Yes, I was in the sad mode. Last hope to
>my name server. :-(
>It works. It boots. BUT, it says "Too little RAM memory. Warning,
>running in degraded mode."
>Now I am going to find out what that means.....
2 M of RAM are definitely too few. (You might boot an early Linux
there with much more success than an old *BSD. But the old Linux
kernel missed lotta functionality. If you comment out all the
networking, *-file system etc. options from BSD config, you might
have luck, too. -- But, that's not what you want.)
You need at least 4 MB. Indeed, we're running a lpd server here,
with 4 virtual consoles usable as telnet-terminals. The lpd server
is able to run a dvi driver or ghostscript, too, in order to print
some documents. Sinces it's only a very old 386/sx16, with an awfully
slow ESDI drive, one don't has to expect a racing car...
The 80 MB of disk is sufficient, but enlarge the swap partition
(386BSD/0.1's original 5000 kB are too small). I've successfully
installed 386BSD + pk 0.2.4 on another 386/sx16, w/ 6 MB RAM and
a 40 MB drive. Even the man pages fit there, and i can run a fine
slip connection w/ 38400 bps over a dumb UART. That might have been
a box you wanna have as you name server.
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