Subject: Re: blist
To: None <hubert@feyrer.de>
From: YAMAMOTO Takashi <yamt@mwd.biglobe.ne.jp>
List: tech-kern
Date: 04/05/2005 23:23:31
hi,
> > even if we had vmem, i'd like to use blist for swap allocation
> > because it has a special requirement. ie. it isn't desirable to
> > allocate memory in order to get a swap slot.
>
> I have played booting the 2.0 i386 "tiny" bootfloppy in various low memory
> configurations, and aparently it needs at least 5MB to get to sysinst.
> With 4MB it says "out of memory" (or so) and hangs.
>
> Will "blist" help with that?
i guess no. does the "tiny" bootfloppy use swap?
YAMAMOTO Takashi