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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!tcsi.tcs.com!uunet!news.delphi.com!usenet From: John Dyson <dysonj@delphi.com> Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: 386bsd on 2Mb ? Date: Fri, 10 Jun 94 15:05:42 -0500 Organization: Delphi (info@delphi.com email, 800-695-4005 voice) Lines: 17 Message-ID: <Zg4tfBG.dysonj@delphi.com> References: <2t1t3q$9ks@serra.unipi.it> <2t5goq$6s@alvman.RoBIN.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: bos1b.delphi.com X-To: Andreas Haakh <ah@alvman.RoBIN.de> Andreas Haakh <ah@alvman.RoBIN.de> writes: >: Can I run 386bsd on a 386 with 2Mb and 40Mb HD ? >: (I don't need many applications, just the OS kernel+bin, C compiler, editor) > >Try it, You will not like it :-)) I agree -- you might try building a kernel with fewer features. When you are running on such a small machine -- the kernel (and its data) is a very large proportion of the memory. Might try getting rid of NFS (that will save significantly.) The curve of performance is very sharp down there. BTW -- compiling the kernel would be very unpleasant with 2MB. When I tested FreeBSD on a 2MB machine -- I ran with a limited kernel. John dyson@implode.root.com