From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 14 15:43:14 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3F9016A420 for ; Tue, 14 Feb 2006 15:43:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dkelly@Grumpy.DynDNS.org) Received: from smtp.knology.net (smtp.knology.net [24.214.63.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E81B143D62 for ; Tue, 14 Feb 2006 15:43:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dkelly@Grumpy.DynDNS.org) Received: (qmail 28426 invoked by uid 0); 14 Feb 2006 15:43:08 -0000 Received: from user-69-73-60-132.knology.net (HELO Grumpy.DynDNS.org) (69.73.60.132) by smtp2.knology.net with SMTP; 14 Feb 2006 15:43:08 -0000 Received: by Grumpy.DynDNS.org (Postfix, from userid 928) id CCCC26295; Tue, 14 Feb 2006 09:43:06 -0600 (CST) Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 09:43:06 -0600 From: David Kelly To: "M. Cummins" Message-ID: <20060214154306.GB95069@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> References: <000801c63120$1a730d60$0202a8c0@http192.168.2.3> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000801c63120$1a730d60$0202a8c0@http192.168.2.3> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: General Question 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, 14 Feb 2006 15:43:15 -0000 On Mon, Feb 13, 2006 at 09:35:37PM -0700, M. Cummins wrote: > Hi. Sorry about the HTML formatted email. > > I'm extremely interested in installation of a FreeBSD build on a Dell > Dimension XPS P133s 133 MHz / 16 MB RAM, with a S3 Trio 64+ PCI (765) > and D-Link DFE 530-TX PCI adapter. I've noted the HCL for version 5 > (or maybe it was 6?) but I figure I would do better to simply ask - > what version do I need to run with my current hardware, and what is > the highest version I can run on the machine that I plan to install > on? Before you get too far on the reply, please also consider that I > primarily want to use the computer for a webserver (for my LAN) in > console mode (I doubt a GUI is a good idea considering the hardware > I'm using. I don't believe there is anything which has been done to the latest versions to *prevent* it from running on your machine. Since you mentioned FreeBSD 2.2.8, I have fond memories of abusing almost exactly the same machine you describe but with a whopping 24 MB of RAM. Ran Apache, NetAtalk, Samba, the basic X11 system with practically no window manager. Netscape Navigator for http client and exmh2 for email. Also burned a lot of CD's on that machine, and wrote a lot of DAT tapes. Built another machine around a PII-233 with (4) DAT3 drives. Would run all 4 DAT drives at once. No problems. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net ======================================================================== Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.