Proof of concept box with 8mB RAM

[hackmiester (Hunter Fuller)]

On 27 August 2006, at 18:01, Nikolas Britton wrote:

> On 8/27/06, hackmiester (Hunter Fuller)  
> <hackmiester at hackmiester.com> wrote:
>
> That box doesn't have enough memory to run a current version of
> FreeBSD or Linux.

I just want a version to run, a new one is obviously pushing it :)

> Also what CPU does it use?

386

> FreeBSD 6.x, and I'm sure
> Linux 2.6, removed 386 support. You need a 486 or better to run the
> current version of FreeBSD. Does this box have a math coprocessor?

Yes.

> The "recommended" minimum requirements to run FreeBSD 6.1 is a Pentium
> MMX, or equivalent, with 32MB of system ram. You can get by with less
> but you won't like the results if you plan to use it as a workstation.

LOL, no, that would be torture, it's purely proof of concept.

> Use FreeBSD 4.11-STABLE or 5.5-STABLE for anything less then that.
>
> I did some tests on disk space and memory requirements back in January
> with FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE. Nobody seemed to notice the first time so
> I'll post it again:
>
> Test Rig:
> VMware 5 (Win2K/NTFS), VM Settings:
> 32MB RAM
> 64MB RAM For KDE-Lite Install (failed with 32MB)
> 128MB RAM For GNOME-Lite Install (failed with 64MB)
> 4GB Hard Drive (Default settings)
> CD-ROM (Pointing to FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE i386 ISO Images)
> No USB, No Audio, No LAN
>
> FreeBSD Disk Layout:
> ad0s1a  4095MB  /       ufs2
> ad0s1b  null    swap    null
> ad0s1d  null    /var    null
> ad0s1e  null    /tmp    null
> ad0s1f  null    /usr    null
>
> Everything (/tmp, /var, and /usr) is setup on the root partition, no
> swap partition was setup.
>
> Results:
> * 1st column of numbers are from the VM disk image file.
> * 2nd column is from inside FreeBSD with "du -m".
> * All numbers reported in megabytes.
>
> Distribution Sets:
> Developer               918     741
> X-Developer             1080    882
> Kern-Developer          526     427
> X-Kern-Developer        690     568
> User                    393     319
> X-User                  560     461
> Minimal                 183     156
>
> Extrapolated Results:
> Ports System            283     270
> GNOME-Lite              688     655
> KDE-Lite                879     864
> X.Org Default Install   164     143
> X.Org Full Install      177     158
> Linux Binary Compat.    255     127
> Sys Sources + Proflibs  392     315
> Kern Sources + Proflibs 133     109
>
> Miscellaneous Sets:
> X-User (All X.Org)      572     476
> X-User + GNOME-Lite     1247    1115
> X-User + KDE-Lite       1438    1323
> Minimal + Ports System  466     425
> Minimal + Linux Compat. 438     282
>
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