From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Apr 29 04:18:48 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA01441 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Wed, 29 Apr 1998 04:18:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.artcom.de ([192.76.129.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA01426 for ; Wed, 29 Apr 1998 04:18:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hans@artcom.de) Received: by mail.artcom.de id m0yUUsX-000008C; Wed, 29 Apr 1998 13:18:21 +0200 (MEST) Message-Id: Date: Wed, 29 Apr 1998 13:18:21 +0200 (MEST) From: hans@artcom.de (Hans Huebner) To: luomat+Lists/FreeBSD/Hardware@luomat.peak.org Subject: Re: FBSD on 386 acting as a router? Newsgroups: artcom.mailing-list.freebsd.hardware In-Reply-To: <199804282214.SAA27631@luomat.peak.org> Organization: Art+Com GmbH, Berlin, Germany Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In article <199804282214.SAA27631@luomat.peak.org> you write: >I just found out that they are giving away old 386's at my school tomorrow. >I don't know anything about them, other than that they are 386's (and have a >monitor/keyboard/hard drive). >a) how likely is it that I could actually get this machine to install FreeBSD? This depends on the amount of RAM the machines have. With 4 MB, you'll need a custom kernel. Apart from that, there should be no problem - I booted 2.2.6-R on a 386sx yesterday, and it behaved as expected (i.e. SLOW). >b) could it handle being a router/firewall to a two-machine lan (behind a >cable modem)? Yes. >ps -- how much HD space do I need for a basic system (commandline, no X >stuff) to handle NATD? None. It will even work with PicoBSD (which boots from a single 1.44 MB floppy). See http://www.freebsd.org/~abial/ -Hans To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message