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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!werple.apana.org.au!otis.apana.org.au!serval.net.wsu.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!oracle.pnl.gov!osi-east2.es.net!lll-winken.llnl.gov!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!EU.net!sun4nl!iafnl.iaf.nl!yedi!wilko From: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl (Wilko Bulte) Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.0R Organization: Private FreeBSD site - Arnhem - The Netherlands Message-ID: <D01q1M.uF@yedi.iaf.nl> References: <Czw36t.F0@bbc.co.uk> Date: Tue, 29 Nov 1994 20:24:58 GMT Lines: 16 phill@rd.bbc.co.uk (Phil Layton) writes: >I'm in the process of installing FreeBSD Release 2.0. When the install program >tries to do a newfs on /dev/rwd0a I get the error Fatal Exec (/stand/newfs) >failed, code 9 led by vm-pageout - out of swap. I'm doing the install on >an old 386SX20, 3Megs RAM I've cobbled together as a test machine. It was >quite happy to run 1.1.5. Can anybody identify what the error code is >telling me please My guess is you have too little RAM in the machine. 1.1.5 was running OK in 4Mb, 3 Mb was dubious even then I think. I've heard 2.0R needs somewhat more (5 Mb??) to run. You might just have hit the wall.. Wilko