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Subject: 3.X install requires 12MB of RAM, not 8
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>Number:         11852
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       3.X install requires 12MB of RAM, not 8
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    jkh
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat May 22 18:10:01 PDT 1999
>Closed-Date:    Mon Jan 3 20:27:54 PST 2000
>Last-Modified:  Mon Jan  3 20:28:03 PST 2000
>Originator:     Doug White
>Release:        3.2-RELEASE
>Organization:
Pacific Crest Networks, Inc
>Environment:
3.1 and 3.2-RELEASE install floppies
>Description:
The RAM requirements for FreeBSD installation have subtly increased since the inclusion of the second floppy.  Most of our documentation says that 8MB is required, while experimentation shows that 12MB is needed.  Signs that you have less than 12MB installed include system lockups when installing (esp. during the extraction phase).
>How-To-Repeat:
Install 3.1 or 3.2 on a machine with 8MB of RAM.
>Fix:
Fix afflicted documentation.

I found one reference in the Handbook's installation section.  I'm not aware of any in the FAQ or other docs, but consider this a HEADS-UP to fix such documentation.

If there's no objections I can fix the handbook reference.

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:

From: Tim Vanderhoek <vanderh@ecf.utoronto.ca>
To: dwhite@pond.net
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: docs/11852: 3.X install requires 12MB of RAM, not 8
Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 21:36:53 -0400

 On Sat, May 22, 1999 at 06:08:17PM -0700, dwhite@pond.net wrote:
 > 
 > The RAM requirements for FreeBSD installation have subtly increased
 > since the inclusion of the second floppy.  Most of our documentation
 > says that 8MB is required, while experimentation shows that 12MB
 > is needed.
 
 <sigh>  I remember my first install was onto a 4MB machine.
 
Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-doc->jkh 
Responsible-Changed-By: nik 
Responsible-Changed-When: Fri May 28 16:46:15 PDT 1999 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
Installs are Jordan's area.  I don't recall seeing the install 
requirements goup, but if he says that they have then this can 
be re-assign to freebsd-doc to be documented. 
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: jkh 
State-Changed-When: Mon Jan 3 20:27:54 PST 2000 
State-Changed-Why:  
This has been done. 
>Unformatted:
