From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Dec 15 22:55:37 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA01973 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Tue, 15 Dec 1998 22:55:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mailhub.ainet.com (mailhub.ainet.com [204.30.40.29]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA01968 for ; Tue, 15 Dec 1998 22:55:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jmscott@ainet.com) Received: from shell.ainet.com (jmscott@shell.ainet.com [204.30.40.108]) by mailhub.ainet.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id WAA07899; Tue, 15 Dec 1998 22:55:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost by shell.ainet.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA13278; for freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG; Tue, 15 Dec 98 22:57:33 PST Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 22:57:33 -0800 (PST) From: "Joseph M. Scott" To: Gerry Marcelo Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How much RAM for newbie install? In-Reply-To: <009601be2851$fcc6c6a0$4677aacf@market5.kvue.com> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org __MY $0.02__ Once things are up and going ram is probably the first thing to hit the wall. X can certainly begin to eat into things, although this will vary depending on the window manager that you use ( enlightment is a massive pig, although it looks neat :-). Even then it's not too bad as long as you don't run an app like Netscape ( which is one big pig also ). I've had good luck with rxvt as a replacement for xterm, some nice features and a little better memory usuage. Overall for X 8 meg will run but it will hit the swap a fair bit. 16 meg would probably allow you to run a few small apps with out hitting swap to much. Although if you can live with the performance hit then just make plenty of swap space and run with it. As for Apace and Front Page save your self a lot of headache and use the apache+fp port ( install the ports collection during the install and after the system is up go to /usr/ports/www/apache13-fp and type make install ). It will download the needed files, compile apache run the fp install and get things going. You'll still want to go through things after it's setup, but trust me it makes the frontpage part of things much easier to deal with. You entering an awesome new world with much to learn. * Joseph M. Scott * jmscott@ainet.com * American InfoMetrics * Modesto, CA On Tue, 15 Dec 1998, Gerry Marcelo wrote: > Greetings: > I am awaiting the arrival of my Walnut Creek CD-ROM package > of FreeBSD 2.2.8. I am a flat out newbie to UNIX after years of > Microsoft products. I wish to learn how to eventually set up a > FreeBSD/Apache server with MS Frontpage 98 extentions for use as a small > Intranet server. > > I wish to install FreeBSD on the following "lab" computer to learn. > It will be the only OS on the machine. > > i486sx25 overclocked to 33 (chipset escapes me right now) > 8megs of ram > 2.0 Maxtor IDE hard drive > Trident 8900D video card with 1mg ram > No name multi-io card > No name 28.8 internal modem > OAS brand SVGA monitor > > I believe the above equipment will allow an install (5meg minimum, > correct?), but how much ram should I really have to allow me to learn the > following: > 1. How to use the OS, it's filesystem and basic operation > 2. Experiment with Xwindows > 3. Install and become familiar with Apache/FP98 Extentions > > This machine will never be used as a production machine...just for me to > mess around with a learn what I can...I guess you might place it as a > workstation class machine. > > So how much ram might I need to to get all this done? > Any suggestions on other types of hardware better suited for this task? > > Thank you for your assistance. > > Gerry > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message