From owner-freebsd-questions Sat May 2 07:35:21 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA00337 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 2 May 1998 07:35:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from vixa.voyager.net (vixa.voyager.net [198.109.136.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA00321 for ; Sat, 2 May 1998 07:35:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kib@poboxes.com) Received: from kib ([209.153.178.194]) by vixa.voyager.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id KAA21361 for ; Sat, 2 May 1998 10:32:18 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <004101bd75d7$db2b2c20$023aa8c0@kib.kib.net> Reply-To: "Jason" From: "Jason" To: Subject: FreeBSD on old equipment Date: Sat, 2 May 1998 10:37:36 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I have a rash of older equipment here and wanted to know how compatible 2.2.5 or 2.2.6 is with older hardware and how well it will run if at all. I have a rash of 386 boards with 2-16 megs of ram. Will FreeBSD be of any use for on these sort of machines? I already decided that the 286s won't work and need to hit the dump :) Also...how much HD space is required to run the OS. For instance I have several HDs under 100 megs. Can I use one of those HDs and setup a router with on it? How much ram is needed? How much HD? How much Memory/CPU is needed? I guess what I need to know is basic minimiums for FreeBSD. I would like to run a Router that can IP alias for several machines over a Ethernet Internet connection. Am I asking too much of this old hardware? Thanks in advance Jason Cribbins To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message