Re: 16M RAM enough for FreeBSD 6.1?

On Sun, 2006-Aug-27 11:00:30 +0200, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote:
On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 17:13:29 +1000
Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

The CD-ROMs create a RAMdisk and need a minimum of 24MB last I
checked.

And I guess that the floppies work in the same way?

Yes.

Once you have FreeBSD installed, it will limp along in 16MB
(though not very happily).

Hmm, I see. I'm planning to run X on this old box (it's going to be a
PictureFrame project), perhaps that will not work.

I think you would be thrashing if there was any actual activity. I'll
prod a friend with the same setup to comment tomorrow.

I strongly suggest you find a SODIMM to
expand it.

Ok. Are all SODIMMs equal (ie. a real standard), or do I hvae to look
specifically for memory upgrades for the Armada 1580 (or 1500 series)?

I'm 99% certain that you can't use anything bigger than 64MB (at least
a 128MB Cpq Armada SODIMM that I had wouldn't work in any of the 15xx
machines I tried it in - that included a 1580). I'm not sure how
interchangeable they are.

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Peter Jeremy

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