Subject: Minimal NetBSD
To: None <henry@irm.nara.kindai.ac.jp>
From: None <dribbling@thekeyboard.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 09/23/2000 02:38:13
Hello Henry!
HN> This is almost hopeless. Just one more Mb memory to
> 4Mb would help, but really impossible as a user
> machine.
I think I'd want at least 8Mb, preferably 16Mb of RAM.
HN> 170Mb and 40Mb will work nicely.
That's what I like to hear! <smile>
HN> Build a custom kernel on another machine (no need to
> move disks around, just ftp it or copy from a floppy).
> To build a custom kernel on the machine itself, you
> can just barely do it in 320Mb.
Hmm... I don't (currently) have a NetBSD box with that much
space. I have a Linux box with a few Gb spare (at present),
is it possible to build a NetBSD kernel on a Linux machine?!
Regards,
-
Andy.
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