Received: from SOUTH-STATION-ANNEX.MIT.EDU by po7.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA11497; Sat, 30 Sep 95 15:14:16 EDT Received: from freefall.FreeBSD.ORG by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA12553; Sat, 30 Sep 95 15:13:49 EDT Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with SMTP id MAA12689 ; Sat, 30 Sep 1995 12:13:04 -0700 Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id MAA12550 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 30 Sep 1995 12:11:32 -0700 Received: from icicle (root@icicle.winternet.com [198.174.169.5]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id MAA12544 for ; Sat, 30 Sep 1995 12:11:29 -0700 Received: from subzero (glen@subzero.winternet.com [198.174.169.6]) by icicle (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id OAA01081 for ; Sat, 30 Sep 1995 14:11:28 -0500 Received: (from glen@localhost) by subzero (8.6.12/8.6.12) id OAA00320 for hackers@freefall.freebsd.org; Sat, 30 Sep 1995 14:11:27 -0500 Date: Sat, 30 Sep 1995 14:11:27 -0500 From: Glen Overby Posted-Date: Sat, 30 Sep 1995 14:11:27 -0500 Message-Id: <199509301911.OAA00320@subzero> To: hackers@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.1 will require a minimum of 8MB for installation. Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Jordan wrote: >We really need to get the dynamic device driver issue > on the road if we're to ever have any hope at all in running on > small memory machines for the forseeable future. Perhaps one Let's hold on to this thought for a moment: what is preventing this from happening *today*? For the moment, forget the additional problems of doing this in the installation process. Glen