Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 14:57:09 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Mark Ovens <mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: Joseph Scott <joseph.scott@owp.csus.edu>, Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>, Kris Kennaway <kris@hub.freebsd.org>, freebsd-chat <chat@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: any news on w2k in the world? Message-ID: <20000303145708.A20320@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <20000303003336.B327@marder-1>; from mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org on Fri, Mar 03, 2000 at 12:33:36AM %2B0000 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003021850270.93707-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <38BEC002.5AD7CE8@owp.csus.edu> <20000303003336.B327@marder-1>
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On Fri, Mar 03, 2000 at 12:33:36AM +0000, Mark Ovens wrote: > > Well, we just installed it on what M$ state as minimum spec hardware > (P133, 64MB - although it will install with 32MB according to the > box) mainly so we would have an idea what to recommend to customers > when they ask if they can/should upgrade(?). It runs like a dog and, > immediately after booting, has already swapped out 15MB. Seems that 64 Mb is not enough for the system to boot, doesn't it. I've heard of people who installed it on 128 Mb systems and only by disabling things like "simple internet services" (this is the MS-speak for inetd's echo/discard/chargen/etc.) managed to get the memory usage right after boot to be under 50 Mb. This means that memory consumption of that beast actually *can* be reduced, but then new questions are brought forth. Such as, how come echo+discard+chargen take that 10 Mb of memory. The programmers of inetd must have been real geniouses making the whole thing fit in a VSIZE of approximately 1.2 Mb. Ah, well. I'l stick to my FreeBSD for the 32 Mb of ram I got, and a few other things that make me happy on a Unix box. -- Giorgos Keramidas, < keramida @ ceid . upatras . gr > For my public PGP key: finger keramida@diogenis.ceid.upatras.gr PGP fingerprint, phone and address in the headers of this message. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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