Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 01:17:13 +1000 From: "Doug Young" <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au> To: <nitebirdz@coimbra.oss.uswest.net>, <theoea@pacbell.net> Cc: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Re using a 486 Message-ID: <035f01bfca4a$236ed540$847e03cb@ROADRUNNER> References: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0005310816340.6686-100000@coimbra.oss.uswest.net>
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Who needs X on a gateway box ?? ----- Original Message ----- From: <nitebirdz@coimbra.oss.uswest.net> To: <theoea@pacbell.net> Cc: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2000 11:17 PM Subject: Re: Re using a 486 > 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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