From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 8 13:16:41 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FCD216A41C for ; Fri, 8 Jul 2005 13:16:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from NKoch@demig.de) Received: from server.absolute-media.de (server.absolute-media.de [213.239.231.9]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 200F443D49 for ; Fri, 8 Jul 2005 13:16:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from NKoch@demig.de) Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by server.absolute-media.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5381289726; Fri, 8 Jul 2005 15:16:39 +0200 (CEST) Received: from server.absolute-media.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (server [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 17436-05; Fri, 8 Jul 2005 15:16:34 +0200 (CEST) Received: from firewall.demig (p5083963A.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [80.131.150.58]) by server.absolute-media.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84E1685941; Fri, 8 Jul 2005 15:16:34 +0200 (CEST) Received: from ws-ew-3 (ws-ew-3.w2kdemig [192.168.1.72]) by firewall.demig (8.13.4/8.13.1) with SMTP id j68DBiTp067078; Fri, 8 Jul 2005 15:11:44 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from NKoch@demig.de) From: "Norbert Koch" To: "Cecil" , Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 16:11:42 +0200 Message-ID: <001201c583c6$f75f2c20$4801a8c0@ws-ew-3.W2KDEMIG> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2120.0 In-Reply-To: <20050708121609.47069.qmail@web52308.mail.yahoo.com> X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at absolute-media.de Cc: Subject: RE: suitability of freebsd 5.3 for 486 dx2 66? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 13:16:41 -0000 If it is only for cli and learning programming, I'd suggest to install FreeBSD 4.11. All you need (gcc, perl, python, vim/emacs) is readyly available from the original install cd #1. I had a comparable box running as a samba fileserver under FreeBSD and even could run a "make world" on it. You need to have at least a cdrom drive or network card in your 486 box for installation. If you don't need the comfort of sysinstall, you could also give netbsd a try. > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Cecil > Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 2:16 PM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: suitability of freebsd 5.3 for 486 dx2 66? > > > I plan on running a 486 I found laying around as a > freebsd box. It only has a floppy, and yes, it's a > 486. It does have 500 meg hard disk and 20 megs of ram > though. Any ideas as to what is realistic to expect > out of this machine? I plan to run it as a CLI box > only to learn perl, python, C++ and some other stuff > on. > > Xeys