diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml index bacb464bf0..8a0b52b5c9 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml @@ -1269,22 +1269,21 @@ File: +DESC (ignored) - FreeBSD 2.1.7 was the last version of FreeBSD that - could be installed on a 4MB system. FreeBSD 2.2 and later - needs at least 5MB, and &os; 5.X and later need at least 8MB to - install on a new system. + Installing &os; 4.X requires at least 5MB RAM, and + installing &os; 5.X and later requires at least + 8MB. All versions of FreeBSD prior to 5.X will run in 4MB of RAM, they just cannot run the installation program in 4MB. You can add extra memory for the install - process, if you like, and then after the system is up and - running, go back to 4MB. Or you could swap your disk into - a system which has >4MB, install onto the disk and then + process, and then revert to 4MB after the system is + running. Or you could move your disk into + a system which has sufficient memory, install onto the disk and then swap it back. - After the installation, if you build a custom kernel, - it will run in 4 MB. Someone has even successfully booted - with 2 MB, although the system was almost unusable. + You must build a custom kernel to run in 4MB. Someone + has even successfully booted &os; with 2 MB RAM, although + the system was almost unusable.