From owner-freebsd-small Wed Apr 28 13:15:28 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (phoenix.welearn.com.au [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAC81157E7 for ; Wed, 28 Apr 1999 13:15:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.9.1/8.9.0) id GAA19065; Thu, 29 Apr 1999 06:15:00 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <19990429061455.49557@welearn.com.au> Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 06:14:55 +1000 From: Sue Blake To: Natty Rebel Cc: freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: your mail References: <001001be91c4$d2341a00$14c97dc1@quantum.ru.quantum.ru> <19990428213506.39937@welearn.com.au> <19990428131749.A24569@ikhala.tcimet.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: <19990428131749.A24569@ikhala.tcimet.net>; from Natty Rebel on Wed, Apr 28, 1999 at 01:17:49PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Apr 28, 1999 at 01:17:49PM -0400, Natty Rebel wrote: > Quoting Sue Blake (sue@welearn.com.au): > > On Wed, Apr 28, 1999 at 03:16:49PM -0700, Dennis S. Kulikov wrote: > > > HI All! > > > Does somebody install PicoBSD for i486, i386? > > > All goes good? > > > > My mail/dns/web/router machine is a 386, and it has been working fine > > for 18 months. > hi sue, > do you have an hdd on that box? Yes, and it's not PicoBSD but it could be, since you can roll your own PicoBSD using the components of FreeBSD that you need. If you don't need to run a GUI, even a low end 386 will give surprising performance with an efficient operating system. Got a 386 handy? Try any standard issue PicoBSD floppy and see what it's like, bearing in mind you can build your own floppy if for example you need to choose different hardware support. It only takes a few minutes to try. Without a hard disk you could have yourself a nice little router/DNS machine, or a personal "portable" machine for dialling your ISP, using only equipment that was long ago written off. I've found a lot of dying floppy drives on very old machines, maybe coincidence, but if you do have a spare, hang on to it for peace of mind in case your luck is similar. My monitors die next, then much later power supplies, although many creaky old antiques just keep working year after year. -- Regards, -*Sue*- (` () '` To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message