Subject: Re: Installing NetBSD on a low-memory 486
To: Gavan Fantom <gavan@coolfactor.org>
From: Frank van der Linden <fvdl@wasabisystems.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 10/04/2000 00:50:30
On Tue, Oct 03, 2000 at 11:17:08PM +0100, Gavan Fantom wrote:
> > 3072 is 128k too little.. I have tested this, and it'll run out of memory.
> > Try going into the BIOS setup and disable any 'shadow ram' settings.
> 
> Right. When you tested this, what happened when it ran out of RAM? Was a
> message printed, or did the machine reboot?

With 640 + 3072 it runs out of space when it's forking off disklabel
to label the disk you're about to install on. The main sysinst menu, etc,
comes up fine, but you can't finish the install. You'll get messages
like 'UVM: pid X killed, out of swap'.

- Frank