From owner-freebsd-newbies Thu Aug 27 16:23:45 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA24613 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Thu, 27 Aug 1998 16:23:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (suebla.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA24599 for ; Thu, 27 Aug 1998 16:23:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA24516; Fri, 28 Aug 1998 09:22:26 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <19980828092222.27044@welearn.com.au> Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 09:22:22 +1000 From: Sue Blake To: Martin Poulin Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Back on topic... References: <3.0.3.32.19980827152357.009063e0@honk.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19980827152357.009063e0@honk.org>; from Martin Poulin on Thu, Aug 27, 1998 at 03:23:57PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Aug 27, 1998 at 03:23:57PM -0400, Martin Poulin wrote: > I know the Handbook says at least a 386DX with 8MB of RAM is > the recommended minimum, but let's be a little more realistic. Sounds like mine, but it's SX, not DX, and it needs lots more swap. I ran X on it once as an experiement. It worked fine, but I kept falling asleep every time the mouse moved :-) > What would you consider to be the minimum system to have a > decent installation of FreeBSD running? Also, what do you > think would be a good amount of disk space to set aside for > FreeBSD (I guess that depends on what you plan to install). This system has 300 megs, but of course that's not enough. The pentium has a few gigs, but of course that's not enough. PicoBSD does its given tasks well though living on a single floppy. Disk space seems to follow the same rules as bedroom floor space. -- Regards, -*Sue*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message