, Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>
From: Brian Buhrow <buhrow@lothlorien.nfbcal.org>
List: port-i386
Date: 02/01/2001 16:40:32
I'm running 0.9a on a 486 with 32MB of memory. It's positively airy
inside the box with not any swapping and performing a lot of work. Don't
think I'd like to run 1.5 on this hardware.
-Brian
On Feb 1, 5:57pm, Herb Peyerl wrote:
} Subject: Re: Exercises in patience -- NetBSD/i386 1.5 on a 4Meg 386DX/25
} On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 03:43:40PM -0800, Jason R Thorpe wrote:
} > On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 06:36:01PM -0500, Brian Chase wrote:
} >
} > > Until I find such a memory board, the box will serve as an excercise in
} > > extreme NetBSD computing.
} >
} > sigh, we don't run on 4mb boxes very well anymore. talk to ben harris
} > (the arm26 portmaster) -- he's been trying to make it work better, but
} > our kernel has been ... growing. it needs a diet :-)
}
} Or an enema....
}
} I remember when I ran 0.9 on a 2MB Compaq 386SX-16, in multi-user.
}
>-- End of excerpt from Herb Peyerl