From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 8 01:34:52 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B9CF16A400 for ; Thu, 8 Feb 2007 01:34:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chandler.lists@chapman.edu) Received: from calais.chapman.edu (calais.chapman.edu [192.77.116.205]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22C9A13C49D for ; Thu, 8 Feb 2007 01:34:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chandler.lists@chapman.edu) Received: from [206.211.142.181] (ist181.chapman.edu [206.211.142.181]) by calais.chapman.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF8E52EDD6 for ; Wed, 7 Feb 2007 17:34:47 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <45CA7E37.2060205@chapman.edu> Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2007 17:34:47 -0800 From: Jay Chandler User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (Windows/20061207) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD Questions References: <26face530702071701v2980a87vcf0a3195688b684e@mail.gmail.com> <6.0.0.22.2.20070207190744.02801488@mail.computinginnovations.com> In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20070207190744.02801488@mail.computinginnovations.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Chapman-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-Chapman-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Chapman-MailScanner-From: chandler.lists@chapman.edu X-Spam-Status: No Subject: Re: Low-cost dedicated FreeBSD server or non-jail VPS? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2007 01:34:52 -0000 Derek Ragona wrote: > FreeBSD runs on most i386 based hardware as long as you have 64 MB ram > or more. So you can recycle an old desktop PC to run FreeBSD and then > have at it. Or buy a cheap new desktop or refurbished. > > -Derek > The problem with this approach is that it doesn't get you a static IP with proper rDNS and a host of other things... I'd have interest in the answer to this question as well, as a jailed environment isn't quite what I want either. -- Jay Chandler Network Administrator, Chapman University 714.628.7249 / chandler@chapman.edu Today's Excuse: Too many interrupts