Subject: Re: Installing NetBSD on a low-memory 486
To: Frank van der Linden <fvdl@wasabisystems.com>
From: Gavan Fantom <gavan@coolfactor.org>
List: port-i386
Date: 10/03/2000 20:12:20
On Tue, 3 Oct 2000, Frank van der Linden wrote:

> So, if you grab an 1.5_ALPHA2 snapshot, it won't work. I can send
> you a floppy image that works, if you want. I have tested a configuration
> with 640k base and 3200k extended memory (which about corresponds to
> a 4M machine with some shadow ram enabled). 640k and 3072k won't work,
> I'd have to cut into sysinst further to enable that.

OK. Well the BIOS is reporting 3072K extended memory. Is this something I
should be able to tweak somehow, or does that mean I haven't much hope of
getting NetBSD onto this box nowadays?

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