I'm not sure if my machine is 1.4 or 1.4.1 but with a 16MHz 386SX, 8MB
of RAM, and 6.4 GB of disk, I couldn't generate a new kernel.  The newer
gcc (or egcs, I forget which it is) needs a _LOT_ more memory and caused
my system to swap itself to a stand still.  IMHO, unless you can stuff
at least 6MB more memory into your system, don't upgrade if you want to
be able to use the C compiler.


Steven G.
mailto:steven_grunza@ieee.org


> -----Original Message-----
> From: port-i386-owner@netbsd.org [mailto:port-i386-owner@netbsd.org]On
> Behalf Of Brian Stark
> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 7:04 PM
> To: port-i386@netbsd.org
> Subject: old 386sx & NetBSD 1.4.1
>
>
> All,
>
> I have an old 80386sx system (16Mhz, 4MB RAM, 420MB disk drive) with
> NetBSD 1.2 installed.
>
> Does anyone have a similar system with 1.4.1 installed on it?
> I thought
> I'd ask here first before I spend/waste any time trying to upgrade it.
>
>
> Brian
>
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