Subject: Re: Suggested NetBSD version for 486 install
To: Geert Hendrickx <geert.hendrickx@ua.ac.be>
From: David Laight <david@l8s.co.uk>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 09/29/2005 21:26:52
On Thu, Sep 29, 2005 at 01:12:27PM +0200, Geert Hendrickx wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 30, 2005 at 08:51:08AM +1200, Josh wrote:
> > I have used 1.6.2 on a 386 with 8mb, and I think I pulled out 4mb to 
> > have it run on 4mb of ram too...
> > 
> > I installed nbsd onto the hdd using another computer.. and after I got a
> > dmsg I ripped out all stuff from the kernel it did not need, and it went
> > fine :)
> > 
> > I would imagine 2.0.2 would work fine as well. 
> 
> You could try this inside qemu with limited memory (qemu -m 4).  This will
> probably run faster than on the actual hardware. :-)  

Even bochs might run faster!

	David

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