Frank van der Linden wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 21, 1998 at 08:17:25PM -0400, Dave Guynn wrote:
> > On 21-Jul-98 Dave Guynn spoke unto us all:
> > #  real mem = 3801088
> > #  avail mem = 819200
> > #  using 72 buffers containing 294912 bytes of memory
> > #
> > #  AND THAT IS ALL FOLKS. It locks up.
> > #
>
> You're definitely running out of memory. The GENERIC kernel with
> the install ramdisk in its belly takes up too much space. What
> are you installing from? I have created an install floppy that
> uses very little memory, it can be found at
>
>         ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/fvdl/boot/boot-tiny.fs.gz
>
> It's very stripped down, however. It doesn't even have IP support in it.
> So this will only be of use if you're installing from an IDE CD-ROM
> or from floppies. If that's not possible for you, tell me what you
> need, I'll create another one.
>
> With the floppy mentioned above, I've done an install from CD, with
> a system that I limited to 4Mb RAM. More memory can be saved, the
> install floppy creation limits itself to certain parameters that
> are unnecessary. For example, it uses a ramdisk "geometry" that is
> equal to an 1.44M floppy.
>
> - Frank

I also tried the install-tiny floppy:

>> NetBSD/i386 BIOS Boot, Revision 2.2
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cpu0: Intel 386DX (386-class)
NOTICE: This kernel does not support i386 class
panic: no appropriate CPU class available

The operating system has halted.
Please press any key to reboot.

Thanks,
Dave