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    Lowest supported memory for pfSense 2.1

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved 2.1 Snapshot Feedback and Problems - RETIRED
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      phil.davis
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      This old sticky post in hardware warns not to use systems with less than 128MB RAM: http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,1712.0.html
      Are there 128MB  systems that will run pfSense 2.1 base and boot OK and run basic routing and pf'ing?
      If not then;

      1. What should be the minimum supported memory? (256MB?)
      2. Various memory checks in bootup code need to be revised so they make sensible decisions/spit out sensible warnings based on current memory needs of pfSense 2.1/FreeBSD 8.3.
        Comments please…

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        doktornotor Banned
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        Afraid 128MB of RAM will break as soon as you start blocking the IPv6 bogons.

        $ wc -l /etc/bogonsv6
        79175 /etc/bogonsv6
        

        BTW, some use cases should be easy to test using hw.physmem="128M" I guess.

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