Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 18:49:43 -0500 From: Walter Brameld <brameld@twave.net> To: Ken Bolingbroke <hacker@bolingbroke.com> Cc: Clive Wishart <clive.wishart@bristol.ac.uk>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Message-ID: <00030818525802.00362@Bozo_3.BozoLand.domain> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003081538020.27596-100000@fremont.bolingbroke.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003081538020.27596-100000@fremont.bolingbroke.com>
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On Wed, 08 Mar 2000, in a never-ending search for enlightenment, Ken Bolingbroke wrote: > On Wed, 8 Mar 2000, Walter Brameld wrote: > > > On Wed, 08 Mar 2000, in a never-ending search for enlightenment, Clive Wishart wrote: > > > > > > I have a number of older PC 486's with either 8 or 16 Mb memory and > > > 100 or 200Mb hard disks which I would like to re-use as neworked print > > > server boxes for use with both unix and NT. I would like to install a > > > minimum sytem for print services and print accounting including LPRng > > > and Samba. As a relative newcomer to FreeBSD I would like to know what > > > the minimum requirements would be. The installation would have to be > > > via ftp so which installation options should I select? > > > Suggestions for disk slice sizes ie / swap /var /user would be useful. > > > > > Tip #1: You will need at least 12 meg ram to install. I understand it > > will run on 8, but will be sluggish. If it's just a print server you > > may not even notice. > > Why would it be sluggish, unless he's running X (which isn't required for > just a print server)? I have a 386 that was running on 8 meg RAM until > just recently, doing duty as a network NATD/DNS/mail relay. I'm not > claiming any speed awards, of course, but it's not sluggish either. > > Ken Bolingbroke > hacker@bolingbroke.com That was why I said if he was just running a print server he probably wouldn't notice. 8-) I wouldn't know from personal experience, was just passing along some of what I've read here so he wouldn't wind up scratching his head saying, "Why is this damned thing so sluggish?". The lowest ram I've used on a FreeBSD machine is 128 meg. -- Walter Brameld Join the Army. Meet interesting people. Kill them. TANSTAAFL To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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