Subject: Re: NetBSD with 4mb ram
To: Julio Merino <jmmv@hispabsd.org>
From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@chylonia.3miasto.net>
List: port-i386
Date: 05/23/2002 23:01:43
> Hi all
>
> I have an old portable 386 computer that only has 4mb of ram. Would it be
> possible to install netbsd on it? 1.5.3 or current? (I've been googling and
> found something about vax, but I do not know if it will be the same on i386).
>
> Maybe I have to get the disk and perform the install on another computer...
> this doesn't matter, but will it run afterwards?
with custom kernel it will.

but REALLY SLOW!

getting extra 4*1MB SIMMs shouldn't be a problem. with 8MB RAM NetBSD runs
just fine