From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Mar 23 15:27: 5 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from omta04.mta.everyone.net (sitemail.everyone.net [216.200.145.35]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 453BA37B71A for ; Fri, 23 Mar 2001 15:27:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sphinX@euromedia.ro) Received: from sitemail.everyone.net (reports [216.200.145.62]) by omta04.mta.everyone.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BB804F2CE; Fri, 23 Mar 2001 15:27:00 -0800 (PST) Received: by sitemail.everyone.net (Postfix, from userid 99) id 8F7C536F9; Fri, 23 Mar 2001 15:26:56 -0800 (PST) Content-Type: text/plain Content-Disposition: inline Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 4.104 (Entity 4.117) Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 15:26:56 -0800 (PST) From: sphin X To: Slim , lute@willinet.net Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Need a box, and your experience. Reply-To: sphinX@euromedia.ro X-Originating-Ip: [212.120.194.112] Message-Id: <20010323232656.8F7C536F9@sitemail.everyone.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org hi, appart from bsd being able to run fast on old systems u can make it run even faster. first u compile custom kernel. appart from that though u can go even further by shutting down all services u dont want that startup by default. if u want take a look at: http://www.daemonnews.org/199809/security.html i'm sure there is more detailed stuff around, but these short articles http://www.daemonnews.org/new2bsd/ are realy cool when u start up... see u --- Slim > wrote: >And the beauty of it is that these 'old, slow' boxes that are >'worthless' because they won't run w98 etc. run just fine on >FreeBSD/Linux/Unix systems, right? > >Jim Allen > >Lute Mullenix wrote: >> >> >> Well, you may or may not believe this, but it just so happens that I have >> FreeBSD 4.1.1 installed on a 486/66 with 20MB of ram and a 1.5GB drive, CD >> and ethernet card. Only installed it a few days ago, had Linux on it up till >> then. Now are you ready for this? My brother and I found it sitting outside >> the county hwy dept shop. They were throwing it away, so I got it for $0.00. >> Went to Walmart and picked up a $15.00 keyboard and a $9.00 mouse, my bro >> tossed in an old SVGA monitor that had been collecting dust for a couple of >> years. So for $24 plus tax, license, dealer prep, and options I had my >> Linux/FreeBSD machine. >> >> I mention this because since then I have come across a couple of other guys >> that have gotten similar deals with low end (75/90) Pentium machines from >> office and university upgrades. Since they are basicly worth nothing, and it >> costs money to dispose of them, they just give they to whoever wants them. >> Another option might be state or school actions. The state prison in South >> Dakota just upgraded all their system, and all the old stuff went to state >> auction, heard there were complete systems going for as little as $25. Wish >> I had known about it. So keep your eyes and ears open, you may come out >> better than you thought you could. > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message _____________________________________________________________ Get email for your site ---> http://www.everyone.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message