Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2007 23:21:44 +0200 From: deeptech71@gmail.com To: Josh Paetzel <josh@tcbug.org> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: what can i do with a 486? Message-ID: <46180B68.1080000@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20070407191154.GP68260@tcbug.org> References: <200704051719.l35HJ2ZW018555@lurza.secnetix.de> <461584D4.4010606@gmail.com> <200704061227.11036.danny@ricin.com> <4616686C.8000603@gmail.com> <20070407191154.GP68260@tcbug.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Josh Paetzel wrote: > deeptech71@gmail.com wrote: >> Danny Pansters wrote: >> >> CPUs, SCSIs removed, faith removed. >> Currently I don't have anything useful on the old board, such as a net card, >> but I'm planning to use it as a router, and I should be able to do VPN stuff. >> So I've left gif and tunnel and ppp. When I do have a NIC, I will enable some >> NIC support. >> I've never used a printer/parallel port or a serial port, but google images >> revealed that I have them, so I've left them there. >> I gather pty is for su's. Why do i need md? >> Well, if a standard 6.2 installation doesn't use 4.x or 5.x binaries by >> default, like 3.4 binaries, then I will remove it. >> Removed PS/2 mouse. Included MSDOS for mounting floppies. >> What about apic? >> > > VPN over 56k maybe? You're going to be very unhappy trying to use a > 486 for a VPN at anything approximating a sane data-rate, even more > so if you are short of RAM and dug into swap under normal operation. > Oh I don't care, I'm happy with my hardware router. Fucks up only ~every month. Experience with old hardware & FreeBSD... Minimal kernel + VPN prog needs more RAM than 8MB?
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?46180B68.1080000>