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From: hpeyerl@sidney (Herb Peyerl)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.apps
Subject: Re: Great Expectation
Date: 11 Jan 1994 02:12:01 GMT
Organization: NovAtel Communications Ltd.
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Amancio Hasty Jr (hasty@netcom.com) wrote:
: Well, Herb just posted that he got a 386sx-16 booting on 2MB. I would
: not dream of running X unless I have 8MB of RAM.
I just wanted to clarify that I booted NetBSD in 2MB. I have no idea
whether FreeBSD would be able to do this since I don't use it. Your
mileage may vary.
[Note: This is not a "NetBSD is better than FreeBSD" post. I just have
no idea whether it would work or not.]
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