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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!inquo!in-news.erinet.com!imci5!pull-feed.internetmci.com!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!world!coopnews.coop.net!hops.entertain.com!usenet From: dwatson@abwam.com (Darryl Watson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,tw.bbs.comp.386bsd Subject: Re: The optimize equipment for a mail server Date: 29 Apr 1996 13:27:43 GMT Organization: ABWAM, Inc. Lines: 31 Message-ID: <4m2g4f$4qr@hops.entertain.com> References: <317924e7.18989540@news.seed.net.tw> <4lml8o$9g9@news.zipnet.net> <4lsjum$89n@uriah.heep.sax.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: 199.45.153.241 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.92.5 In article <4lsjum$89n@uriah.heep.sax.de>, j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) says: > >dwatson@abwam.com (Darryl Watson) writes: > >[comp.mail.sendmail removed from the newsgroups header.] > >>>Customized kernel? No X-windows? 4Mb will be just fine! >>> >> >>I thought that FreeBSD needs at least 5 or 6 megs of RAM?! > >It required > 4 MB to _install_ in a previous version. There have >been some reports that it could be installed nevertheless, basically >for those machines that can remap the ``ISA memory hole'' and make >these 384 KB also avaiable. > >This has been fixed again, there's now a second installation floppy >for 4 MB systems (as a compromise, better a second floppy than not >being able to install at all). > >I've almost had the system running within 2 MB once. Single-user mode >worked, but any ``real work'' paniced the machine. The bug that was >causing this (some incorrect kernel VM accounting) has been fixed >since, so perhaps i should retry the experiment. :) > Interesting. I've got a pile of 386's with 4mb memory that could be used as, essentially, dumb terminals. In other words, they don't do anything but provide me with a network connection, and a few virtual consoles. How do I get the 'second floppy'?