i remember i had read somewhere that it will run well on 16MB ram as long as i don't use X applications. i'll run memtest86+ too and see what comes of it.
sharad birmiwal On 7/29/05, Hannah Schroeter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello! > > On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 02:03:49PM -0400, Jason Crawford wrote: > >There is a note somewhere on the OpenBSD website about installing on > >machines with little ram. Basically, you need to drop to a shell, > >manually enable swap, then go back to the installation process you > >were at, and then have it make the device nodes. > > That's a potentially valid point too. > > My memory on this is: The limit used to be 8MB, and increased to > 12MB later. So the OP's 16 MB computer should be fine unless things > have changed again. > > I haven't tried yet. > > However, I was able to install a simple bridge box on a 4MB box > through some level of hacking (of course not supported here for > several reasons [custom kernel with small source changes, custom > boot floppy], but worked for me). > > Kind regards, > > Hannah.
