Subject: Re: CVS commit: src/sys/arch/i386/conf
To: Julio Merino <jmmv@menta.net>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: source-changes
Date: 04/23/2003 12:50:36
Julio Merino <jmmv@menta.net> writes:
> > That might make TINY no longer work on the machines it is intended
> > for. Have you tested it on a machine with that little memory?
>
> No, I don't have a machine like that available (and I wasn't aware
> about this problem)... Although, boot-tiny.fs still fits in a single
> floppy:
>
> -r--r--r-- 1 jmmv wheel 1212416 Apr 23 17:17 boot-tiny.fs
The issue is the amount of memory.
You should hardwire a kernel for four megs of memory and see
if you can boot. I think you can set options to delude the machine
into thinking it has less memory.
> But if this is wrong, the ramdisk size needs to be reduced in some other
> way...
We may have to give up on installs for TINY systems.
Perry
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