Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!ames!dftsrv!kong!vesper From: vesper@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov (Greg Vesper - RMS) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Minimum memory Message-ID: Date: 6 Mar 91 16:45:28 GMT References: <91065.010213DWN2@psuvm.psu.edu> Sender: news@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov Lines: 21 In <91065.010213DWN2@psuvm.psu.edu> DWN2@psuvm.psu.edu writes: >Someone asked recently about using a cube with 4Mb of memory as a print server. >There was debate as to the speed of this type of arrangement. If you are >running 2.0 you can boot the sytem under the ROM moniter using: > >bsd sdmach mem=4096 >This configures the machine to use only 4Mb of memory. You can then try >some printing and see if the response is adequate. >Whether or not the system will boot and run properly with only 4Mb installed, >who knows, give it a try and let us know. Well I tried it - system locked up on the first print job. Not sure why - couldn't get to anything at that point. This machine is a little unstable as it is, so I think I'll just leave it at eight 8meg and seek more memory for my other cube elsewhere. -- Greg Vesper (vesper@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov) 301-286-5162 Goddard Space Flight Center; Greenbelt, Maryland "Before kingdoms change, men's hearts must change."