Realistic memory amounts required for the installation (although, after

installation, the kernel may need less than this). Stress that there is no
much point running with less than 32MB nowadays (unless you love being
swap-bound).

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/distrib/notes/sparc/hardware b/distrib/notes/sparc/hardware
index 00a94aff6b1..6fc0c363c54 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/sparc/hardware
+++ b/distrib/notes/sparc/hardware
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-dnl	$OpenBSD: hardware,v 1.78 2013/02/09 20:33:11 miod Exp $
+dnl	$OpenBSD: hardware,v 1.79 2013/02/25 20:28:01 miod Exp $
 OpenBSD/MACHINE OSREV runs on the following classes of machines:
     * sun4: the VME series
 	- 4/100: Original SPARC with VME. Many hardware bugs.
@@ -74,11 +74,12 @@ For sun4m machines, the following mbus CPU modules are supported:
 	- Ross HyperSPARC RT620/625 at 166 MHz, with 512KB of primary cache
 	- Ross HyperSPARC RT620/625 at 180 MHz, with 512KB of primary cache
 
-The minimal configuration requires 16MB of RAM and at least 200MB of disk
-space, by installing only the `base' and `etc' sets. To install the entire
-system, at least 650MB is required, and to compile the system, more RAM is
-recommended.  Note that until you have 32MB of RAM, getting more RAM is more
-important than getting a faster CPU.
+8MB of RAM should be sufficient to boot and a minimal system can probably
+be squeezed onto a 250MB disk by installing only the `base' and `etc' sets.
+However, a minimum of 16MB is necessary for the system not to be swap-bound,
+with 32MB or more being recommended for serious usage of the system.
+Note that until you have at least 32MB of RAM, getting more RAM is more
+important than getting a faster CPU board.
 
 Supported devices {:-include-:}:
     * Sun keyboard and mouse