From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 9 09:52:11 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D34416A4CE for ; Tue, 9 Nov 2004 09:52:11 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.freebsd.org.cn (dns3.freebsd.org.cn [61.129.66.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4425E43D69 for ; Tue, 9 Nov 2004 09:52:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from delphij@frontfree.net) Received: (qmail 35532 invoked by uid 0); 9 Nov 2004 09:46:39 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO beastie.frontfree.net) (219.239.98.7) by mail.freebsd.org.cn with SMTP; 9 Nov 2004 09:46:39 -0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.frontfree.net [127.0.0.1]) by beastie.frontfree.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00B2D131E56; Tue, 9 Nov 2004 17:52:02 +0800 (CST) Received: from beastie.frontfree.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (beastie.frontfree.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 02193-09; Tue, 9 Nov 2004 17:51:52 +0800 (CST) Received: by beastie.frontfree.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id F40C4131E42; Tue, 9 Nov 2004 17:51:51 +0800 (CST) Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 17:51:51 +0800 From: Xin LI To: Rob VanDoorne Message-ID: <20041109095151.GA2895@frontfree.net> References: <000c01c4c63c$ce69bcb0$0100a8c0@RVD56> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="h31gzZEtNLTqOjlF" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000c01c4c63c$ce69bcb0$0100a8c0@RVD56> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-GPG-key-ID/Fingerprint: 0xCAEEB8C0 / 43B8 B703 B8DD 0231 B333 DC28 39FB 93A0 CAEE B8C0 X-GPG-Public-Key: http://www.delphij.net/delphij.asc X-Operating-System: FreeBSD beastie.frontfree.net 5.3-delphij FreeBSD 5.3-delphij #11: Tue Oct 26 14:12:03 CST 2004 delphij@beastie.frontfree.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/BEASTIE i386 X-URL: http://www.delphij.net X-By: delphij@beastie.frontfree.net X-Location: Beijing, China X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at frontfree.net cc: freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Which version of FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2004 09:52:11 -0000 --h31gzZEtNLTqOjlF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Nov 09, 2004 at 04:16:32AM -0500, Rob VanDoorne wrote: > I am considering using either my old Compaq (200mhz, Pent 2) or my old > Gateway PC (200mhz, Pent 2) computer to use FreeBSD on. Which version is = the > correct and most stable one to install? I personally suggest that you stick with FreeBSD 4.x, maybe 4.10-RELEASE, because it would be a nightmare for you to compile the whole system, as 5-STABLE comes with many compiler improvements that needs more CPU time. However, if you want new networking features like pf, etc., then it is more suitable for you to use 5.3-RELEASE or 5-STABLE. I have three boxes with Pentium II-233 CPU, 64MB RAM running FreeBSD 5.x for more than 1 year. Be sure to use UFS1 when you set up the system, as you may not need UFS2 features and UFS1 may save you some disk space on relatively old systems. Cheers, --=20 Xin LI http://www.delphij.net/ See complete headers for GPG key and other information. --h31gzZEtNLTqOjlF Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBkJM3/cVsHxFZiIoRApHPAJ4hF7I9jDIzqx/dN7dIzKPIPsYUcACfWFR1 /eCcty0dCVpi3xXEhD1nC64= =5ET2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --h31gzZEtNLTqOjlF--