Subject: Re: More newbie questions
To: None <port-pmax@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Phil Knaack <flipk@ncremp.ag.iastate.edu>
List: port-pmax
Date: 08/01/1995 12:46:16
>  You should remember that NetBSD is a lot less bloated
>than Ultrix, which suffered from some heavy feeping creaturism toward
>the end,

How much physical memory on say a 16mb machine would end up being used
by the kernel under each of NetBSD and Ultrix? I just looked at the
kernel on one of the Project Vincent servers (which probably have
loads of drivers that aren't needed for our applications) and it
weighs in at ~5.6M. 

>			       _MelloN_
Cheers,
Phil
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Phil Knaack                    flipk@iastate.edu
Database Programmer, NCREMP    Student Development Group
Regional Extension Office      Project Vincent, Iowa State University