Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 08:17:56 -0500 (CDT) From: <nitebirdz@coimbra.oss.uswest.net> To: theoea@pacbell.net Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Re using a 486 Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0005310816340.6686-100000@coimbra.oss.uswest.net> In-Reply-To: <39322AAA.33DF5434@postoffice.pacbell.net>
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On Mon, 29 May 2000 theoea@pacbell.net wrote: > I have a 486. Can I install BSD on it & use it as a connection to the > internet. It would be like those $99 internet appliances that are > advertised. > I managed to run 2.2.8-stable on an old 486 with 16 Mb of RAM. However, it wasn't really faste (with X loaded). Since you'd like to use it as an Internet appliance or sort of, I'd definitely recommend to at least install 64 Mb of RAM and a good video card. -- Nitebirdz http://www.linuxnovice.org Tips, articles, news, links... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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