On Wed, Aug 04, 1999 at 04:00:05PM -0700, Mike Cheponis wrote:
> Thanks!  I didn't understand that the boot-tiny.fs was for 4 MB systems, as
> I thought it was for 1.2 MB diskettes.
> 
> But, good news, it does boot and I get further into the process; thanks!
> 
> When trying to FTP the distribution, I get:
> 
> /sbin/ping -c <my nameserver IP address> UVM: pid 13 (sysinst), uid 0 killed:
> out of swap
> 
> UVM: pid 47 (ping), uid 0 killed: out of swap.
> 
> I did the "rule of thumb" which is that swap space = actual RAM, or 4 MB.
> 
> I didn't see any particular comment in the install.html document saying
> that swap needed to be some particular size, but apparently, it needs to be
> somewhat greater than 4 MB.
> 
> Any hints on this?  Or should I just try various swap sizes until it works?

Depends on what you plan to do with this, but I'd say a minimum of 8Mb of swap 
wouldn't be unreasonable if you plan to run the system multiuser with
virtual consoles.

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Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI.           Manuel.Bouyer@lip6.fr
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