From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 21 6: 3:29 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from constans.gldis.ca (constans.gldis.ca [216.187.105.233]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58A7837B400 for ; Thu, 21 Mar 2002 06:03:24 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gldisater@localhost) by constans.gldis.ca (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g2L8v7M00720 for questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 21 Mar 2002 08:57:07 GMT (envelope-from gldisater) Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 08:57:07 +0000 From: Jeremy Faulkner To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Will this work? Message-ID: <20020321085707.B634@constans.gldis.ca> References: <20020320225848.3AF9714A17@mail.westmoormfg.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20020320225848.3AF9714A17@mail.westmoormfg.com>; from wenninger@cox-internet.com on Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 04:06:30PM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 04:06:30PM -0600, Richard Wenninger wrote: > On Wednesday 20 March 2002 01:51 pm, you wrote: > > I recently came across a boxed copy of FreeBSD 4.2 on the "clearance table" > > at a local office supply store. My old PC is a 90MHz Pentium with 24 MB RAM > > and a 503 MB hard drive. I bought the box (it was only $17) - would > > converting my old PC to a UNIX-only machine as a hobby be a practical idea? > > My FreeBSD server at home is running on a 486/66mhz machine with 40mb of RAM. > > Runs great! > > Buildworld is a little slow... :-) > (like 24hrs slow) It takes a couple days on my 486/66mhz w/8MB of ram. Definately not a "go get a cup of coffee" compile, more like "go for a trip to the tropics and hope for the best". Doing the buildworld on a faster machine and NFS mounting /usr/obj and /usr/src then doing installworld is a Good Thing(tm). PS. Next time that I'm at my parents, I think I'll do a time make buildworld just to satisfy my sadistic nature. -- Jeremy Faulkner http://www.gldis.ca To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message