FreeBSD on 64MB memory

Warner Losh imp at bsdimp.com
Mon Feb 12 21:41:54 UTC 2018


On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 10:38 AM, Ask Bjørn Hansen <ask at develooper.com>
wrote:

>
> real memory  = 67108864 (64 MB)
> avail memory = 42098688 (40 MB)
>
> The 24MB are for the kernel?  I wonder my 11.1 kernel is less
> discriminating with what I compiled in...
>

I'd suggest a non-GENERIC kernel. The GENERIC kernel is like 24MB these
days, while a tailored one is more like 5MB or 6MB leaving you with ~55MB
after initial memory allocations.

Warner


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