Hi

You can try the "tiny kernel" with 4 MB RAM

ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-2.0.2/i386/binary/kernel/netbsd-INST=
ALL_TINY.gz

Please tell us if works !

roberto


2005/7/29, Chris Wareham <chriswareham@chriswareham.demon.co.uk>:
> Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> > On Fri, 29 Jul 2005, Karim Forsthofer wrote:
> >
> >> It has a 486 processor, 4MB of RAM and 170MB diskspace. It`s not much,
> >> but don`t want to run fancy tools on it or X. The only thing that is
> >> important to me is the SDCC compiler (sdcc.sourceforge.net) I hope it
> >> will work with this little RAM.
> >
> > 170 MB should be enough space for a stripped down NetBSD. I don't know
> > about sdcc though.
> >
> > Also 4MB of memory is too little. You will need to build a custom kerne=
l
> > that is small enough. Maybe it is not possible.
> >
>=20
> Until a year or so ago I used 1.5.2 on a 486 with 4Mb of RAM. It
> installed and booted OK, and then I installed a stripped down kernel
> that I'd compiled elsewhere. The machine was used as an IP masquerading
> firewall for my home network, a role that it coped with admirably. I'd
> be surprised if 1.6 could not be used for a machine with a similar
> amount of RAM.
>=20
> Chris
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