From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Date: Sat,  7 Oct 1995 07:02:46 -0400
From: Alexandr Bravo abravo@alcatel.spb.su
Subject: a question
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Hello,

I have a small question concerning the 'small is beautiful' paradigm :)
Ok, so I read the hardware requirements in 'Installing PC distribution' and saw 
that one needs 8 Mb. I also tried installing on 4 Mb machine (that's all I 
currently have) and got kernel's 'no physical memory' during vdexpand 
execution. And last, but not least :), the description of Plan 9 says it will 
run comfortablin 4 Mb on a laptop. Here goes a contradiction :) - so how I'm 
supposed to install on such a 4 Mb system?

So, on the practical side, can I do anything except adding another 4 megs, to 
install? Perhaps boot somehow in a minimum config and set up a swap space? Any 
comments are appreciated.

Please reply direct as I'm not currently subscribed to 9fans.

Alexandr

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