From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 19 09:32:51 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD12B16A417 for ; Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:32:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from oceanare@pacific.net.sg) Received: from smtpgate1.pacific.net.sg (smtpgate1.pacific.net.sg [203.120.90.31]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2C76113C4F2 for ; Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:32:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from oceanare@pacific.net.sg) Received: (qmail 17565 invoked from network); 19 Feb 2008 09:32:49 -0000 Received: from adsl246.dyn234.pacific.net.sg (HELO P2120.somewherefaraway.com) (oceanare@210.24.234.246) by smtpgate1.pacific.net.sg with ESMTPA; 19 Feb 2008 09:32:47 -0000 Message-ID: <47BAA234.5020300@pacific.net.sg> Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:32:36 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070826) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Lone Wolf References: <212671.41590.qm@web51101.mail.re2.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <212671.41590.qm@web51101.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Olivier Nicole , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is my hard ware sufficient? 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: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:32:52 -0000 Hi, Lone Wolf wrote: > I'm not going to serve any one, I just want to take a small test drive with FreeBSD . I run it on a smaller machine than this but with more RAM. > Regarding my graphic card, it is 32 MB, is it ok? This sounds like an overkill. I would say anything from 4MB onwards will be fine. > Does FreeBSD come bundled with GNOME? Not in that sense. But you can choose to install GNOME during the first installation. I would recommend to install a plain FreeBSD without X first. If you have a good Internet connection, just add the ports than as binary packages. If your Internet connection is not this good, install whatever you want from CD. Install only the missing pieces in the third step via Internet. Erich > Thanks demons! > > Olivier Nicole wrote: > I'm thinking to install FreeBSD on my old PC. >> --- >> Processor: Intel Celeron 1.3 GH >> RAM: 192 MB >> --- >> Is my hard ware sufficient? > > Sufficient to do what? > > Until not so long ago, my DNS server was a PIII 550 MHz, with > something like 120 MB RAM, serving about 150 clients. > > I changed the hardware mostly because I had bigger machines available. > > Olivier > > > > Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dreamed before. > E.A Poe > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >