On May 20,  8:40pm, eric@fox.phoenix.az.us (Eric Fox) wrote:
-- Subject: Re: low memory install

|   NetBSD 1.3.3 (INSTALL_SMALL) #0: Fri Dec 11 17:39:52 PST 1998
|       root@struis:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/INSTALL_SMALL
|   cpu0: Intel 386DX (386-class)
|   real mem = 6156288
|   avail mem = 3334144
|   using 100 buffers containing 409600 bytes of memory
|   mainbus0 (root)
|   isa0 at mainbus0
|   com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4: ns16550a, working fifo
|   npx0 at isa port 0xf0-0xff irq 13
|   pc0 at isa0 port 0x60-0x6f irq 1: mono
|   pc0: console
|   fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2
|   fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: 1.44MB, 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec
|   biomask 40 netmask 40 ttymask 42
| 
| At this point, it just stops.  I've left it running for an hour just to
| see if it would eventually continue, but it doesn't.
| 
| So it looks like memory may not be the issue.  Anyone have any ideas?

Memory could still be the issue. From the probe it looks like you don't have
a hard disk or network card do you? WE can try to make an ever smaller install
floppy for you if you tell us exactly what hardware you have.

christos