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From: bs@Germany.EU.net (Bernard Steiner)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: Catch What They're Saying About Us...
Date: 23 Sep 1992 13:16:09 GMT
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In article <1992Sep23.043825.13248@serval.net.wsu.edu>, hlu@eecs.wsu.edu (H.J. Lu) writes:
> I really want to try 386bsd on my 386sx-16 with 4MB RAM. I was wondering if
> I could install 386bsd kernel source and compiler on a 14MB partition on my
> HD. That is all I can afford for now. I did the same for Linux and was very
> impressed by it. I want to see what 386bsd looks like on my PC. Does anyone
> have experiences with this configuration?

I don't think your RAM is the limiting factor, but the HD space available -
there's eleven 5.25'' floppies of *compressed* stuff and I doubt very much
this'll fit on 14 megs.

BTW I have seen 386bsd + X11R5 (sp ?) with kernel sources up and running on a
16 MHz 8Mb RAM 80-Meg HD and ET-3000 based VGA

-Bernard
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