From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 24 6:45: 9 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from out4.mx.nwbl.wi.voyager.net (out4.mx.nwbl.wi.voyager.net [169.207.1.77]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 312F737B413 for ; Mon, 24 Sep 2001 06:45:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from shell.core.com (IDENT:2525@shell.voyager.net [169.207.1.89]) by out4.mx.nwbl.wi.voyager.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f8ODix965654; Mon, 24 Sep 2001 08:44:59 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from dpoland@localhost) by shell.core.com (8.11.6/8.11.6/1.3) id f8ODixN27438; Mon, 24 Sep 2001 08:44:59 -0500 (CDT) Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 08:44:59 -0500 From: Doug Poland To: Eric Landreville Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 486 DX33 Message-ID: <20010924084458.A26937@polands.org> References: <008f01c143db$df7a0820$2212dc0a@lino.qc.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <008f01c143db$df7a0820$2212dc0a@lino.qc.ca>; from elandrev@lino.com on Sat, Sep 22, 2001 at 11:00:16PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Sep 22, 2001 at 11:00:16PM -0400, Eric Landreville wrote: > ... > I was wondering if i had 20 or even 32 megs of memory if freebsd > would be running. > I've got a 486 DX33 w/16MB RAM running as a NAT/gateway and it's fine > I don't want to install any X-window component , > only the text mode and I'd like to use my Freebsd box as a Web,ftp > server and maybe as a gateway for my personal home network. Would > I be able to do all those things with my pc if I'd have 20 Megs of Ram. > It'll work but don't expect great performance serving http. From a practical standpoint, if you're going to upgrade the memory on that box to 32 or 64MB it could cost as much as a motherboard/CPU upgrade for an ATX chassis. (http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Category/category_tlc.asp?id=14) I'm not trying to discourage you from experimenting or putting what would be a useless Windoze box to use (I do this myself). Just letting you know that if you have to spend money, memory for these old boxes is expensive. The last time I did a buildworld it took 56 hours. -- Doug To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message