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See :

http://apollo.backplane.com/FreeBSD/tuning.html

Put together by Matt Dillon

Michael_Gruver/The_Revere_Group@reveregroup.com wrote:

> Michael,
>
> I think the question to you is: What do you plan to do with FreeBSD?  If
> you are going to use it as a gateway server for your cable modem or DSL
> service, you don't need much more than a P90, 40mb of memory, and 3GB of
> disk space. (that is all I am using and it runs great).  If you want to use
> Gnome or KDE you will need more. I have a workstation running Gnome (I am
> running afterstep as well) and I required a decent video card, a P266, 64mb
> of memory (probobaly would run better with 128) and a lot more disk space
> (I have only 6gb).  That is because you will undoubtely want to run some
> applications under gnome that will require disk space and if they are
> Graphical more memory.  I really could use more memory for Quake but don't
> have it.
>
> So, there you are.  Just my $.02
>
> Mike
>
> Any recommended minimum/maximum hard disk sizes to install FreeBSD on?
> (Alone or maybe dual boot).
> 8GB to small?  Is 30 or 40GB a waste for normal desktop use or good choice
> for a dual boot system?  I am planning a install using an
> AMD K6-2/350 system with 128MB of ram.  Should I go to 256MB of ram?
>
> I have reconfigured Outlook Express and hope it now proper formats.  Thank
> for the information!
>
> Michael
>
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