From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 2 06:33:31 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73F0116A422 for ; Thu, 2 Feb 2006 06:33:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout4.cac.washington.edu (mxout4.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB7B943D48 for ; Thu, 2 Feb 2006 06:33:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.33.9]) by mxout4.cac.washington.edu (8.13.5+UW05.10/8.13.5+UW05.09) with ESMTP id k126XRff032230 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Wed, 1 Feb 2006 22:33:28 -0800 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.0.23] (dsl254-013-145.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.254.13.145]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.5+UW05.10/8.13.5+UW05.09) with ESMTP id k126XHcO003881 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT) for ; Wed, 1 Feb 2006 22:33:24 -0800 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2) In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <9837E551-74BB-4B46-87C4-717BC510742E@u.washington.edu> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Garrett Cooper Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 22:34:33 -0800 To: FreeBSD Questions X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.2) X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __HAS_X_MAILER 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __STOCK_CRUFT 0' Subject: Re: Will FreeBSD run on an Intel Pentium II with 32MB RAM ?? 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, 02 Feb 2006 06:33:31 -0000 On Feb 1, 2006, at 10:16 PM, Pranav Peshwe wrote: > Hello, > I have a machine with an Intel Pentium II processor and 32 MB > of RAM.Will i be able to run FreeBSD 5.4 on it ? > I want to use that machine for a very limited purpose i.e as > a host providing the debugging environment for another machine.I want > this P II machine for debugging the kernel on another machine (P4 > 2.8Ghz HT) using remote GDB.Will this machine be able to run FBSD 5.4 > with GDB (GNU gdb 6.1.1 configured as "i386-marcel-freebsd" ) ? Will i > be able to use GDB from emacs (GUD) on this machine ? > > TIA. > > Regards, > Pranav > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- > The C programming language - a language that combines > the flexiblity of assembly language with the power of > assembly language. Yes, but it will be horribly slow depending on what applications you choose to install on it. Especially if you try and rebuild the system. Perfect for a thin GDB remote client though I would think... One thing to make sure about though is that you build the kernel for the P4 with the same options as the P2, as far as optimizations are concerned since the different generations of the same architecture differ a bit. -Garrett