Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 08:44:59 -0500 From: Doug Poland <dpoland@polands.org> To: Eric Landreville <elandrev@lino.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 486 DX33 Message-ID: <20010924084458.A26937@polands.org> In-Reply-To: <008f01c143db$df7a0820$2212dc0a@lino.qc.ca>; from elandrev@lino.com on Sat, Sep 22, 2001 at 11:00:16PM -0400 References: <008f01c143db$df7a0820$2212dc0a@lino.qc.ca>
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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
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