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From: dsc3pzp@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil (Philip Perucci)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development
Subject: 0.1.5 and beyond?
Message-ID: <C4v05J.t1@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil>
Date: 2 Apr 93 13:58:28 GMT
Organization: Naval Medical Research & Development Command
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I was wondering about future 386BSD releases...

On a 486/33 AMI motherboard (ISA), 8Mb, 240Mb Quantum SCSI w/1542,
it seems the 5Mb swap is not enough.  This happened:

  1) bin01, etc01, src01                 - no problems
  2) Install patchkit 0.2.2              - no problems
  3) config GENERICISA;make depend;make  - no problems
  4) buildworld.sh (I think that was the
                    name - going on      
                    memory)              - PROBLEM; after about 3 hours
                                           of happy compiling, the system
                                           hung (yacc or gcc...)  No joy.

Will future releases automate the disklabel/swap size so you can specify
how much swap space you want? 

Also, will XFree and TeX be part of the release?

I would really like to get a handle on the partitioning basics, but a Linux
flunky like myself has a bit of trouble getting up to "critical mass" with
the current installation approach.

As always, any feedback/wisecracks/flames/suggestions greatly appreciated!
 
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  phil perucci                       | "Any opinions expressed are my views, 
  dsc3pzp@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil |  not the position of any organization"
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