From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 10:13:10 +0200 From: Rogier Wolff Subject: Re: running 2.4.2 kernel under 4MB Ram Message-ID: <20021026101310.A16359@bitwizard.nl> References: <1035281203.31873.34.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> <1035333109.2200.2.camel@amol.in.ishoni.com> <1035301164.31917.78.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1035301164.31917.78.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: Alan Cox Cc: Amol Kumar Lad , Linux Kernel Mailing List , linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 04:39:24PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > On Wed, 2002-10-23 at 01:31, Amol Kumar Lad wrote: > > It means that I _cannot_ run 2.4.2 on a 4MB box. > > Actually my embedded system already has 2.4.2 running on a 16Mb. I was > > looking for a way to run it in 4Mb. > > So Is upgrade to 2.4.19 the only option ?? > > You should move to a later kernel anyway 2.4.2 has a lot of bugs > including some security ones. If the "embedded system" just brews his coffee, then there are not many security issues he cares about. It gets the job done. Amol, Just add a "mem=4M" to the kernel commandline and see what happens. It depends a lot on what and how many applications you run on that system. But still, Alan is right. You might run into odd problems that are simply fixed if you upgrade. (My workstation was "pretty good" at staying up under 2.4.2 (about a month at a time), and I didn't want to upgrade, for fear of it getting worse. I upgraded and now get much better uptimes (until my colleague types "reboot -n -f" into the wrong window)). Roger. -- ** R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl ** http://www.BitWizard.nl/ ** +31-15-2600998 ** *-- BitWizard writes Linux device drivers for any device you may have! --* * The Worlds Ecosystem is a stable system. Stable systems may experience * * excursions from the stable situation. We are currently in such an * * excursion: The stable situation does not include humans. *************** -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/