FreeBSD's minimum memory requirements.

Giorgos Keramidas keramida at freebsd.org
Tue Aug 29 03:32:16 UTC 2006


On 2006-08-28 13:12, "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon at freebsd.org> wrote:
> On 2006.08.28 00:19:40 -0500, Nikolas Britton wrote:
> > I just tested the minimum memory requirements for FreeBSD
> > 6.1-RELEASE through 2.2.9-RELEASE using VMware 5 Workstation:
>
> I been thinking of doing these tests myself but never gotten around to
> it.  I think you should file this information as a docs PR so it
> doesn't get lost.

Good idea.

> I'm not exactly sure where to put this information (probably in the
> FAQ somewhere), but it's certainly useful to have around.

The installation chapter of the Handbook seems like a reasonably nice
spot to have information like this.  Perhaps a preface section like:

    + Hardware Requirements for Installing FreeBSD
      - Disk space
      - Physical memory

> Thanks for doing these tests!

Indeed, thanks Nikolas :)




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