Re: Problems with 3.4

["Karl O. Pinc" <kop@meme.com>]

On 2003.11.01 05:50 Jon Schneider wrote:
> I have a 486 with 16MB RAM and an Adaptec 1542CF (firmware C.0) that
> previously ran OpenBSD2.5 through 2.7 (or 2.9 ?) with the same kit
> and no problem.
> 
> The other week I tried installing 4.3, got some "interrupt 7", and
> random hangs during the install, mainly the newfs bit.
> 
> I've just given 4.4 a try. On my first attempt no problem until the
> making device nodes bit. About a minute of nothingness, then "aha0:
> host_stat 12" then filesystem full on / (the 1.5MB ramdisk ?).

<snip>

> Am I just a bit tight for memory and this configuration ?

I had the same problem installing 3.3 on a machine w. 16MB ram.  This is
addressed in the 'common installation problems' section of the FAQ.
Making device nodes runs out of ram.  The solution is to drop to
shell in the installer just before doing this and
manually mount the swap partition before continuing.

Karl <kop@meme.com>
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