Re: install/56582: port-atari freeze on installation when extracting base.tgz

[mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)]

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From: mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
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Subject: Re: install/56582: port-atari freeze on installation when extracting base.tgz
Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2021 18:57:58 -0000 (UTC)

 randomdross00%gmail.com@localhost (David Ross) writes:
 
 >Izumi's install was apparently successful, though it was an upgrade
 >and not a clean install.
 >So it sounds like the hang that I'm seeing on my 9.2 install may be
 >entirely unrelated to the text display issues / missing progress bar.
 
 My prime suspect would be memory. 16MB usuable memory could be too tight,
 and NetBSD doesn't handle memory shortage well.
 
 N.B. if the installation system uses a SMALL kernel, then DDB doesn't
 exist.