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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
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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