Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 11:40:15 -0600 From: "Gerry Marcelo" <germar@pair.com> To: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: How much RAM for newbie install? Message-ID: <009601be2851$fcc6c6a0$4677aacf@market5.kvue.com>
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Greetings: I am awaiting the arrival of my Walnut Creek CD-ROM package of FreeBSD 2.2.8. I am a flat out newbie to UNIX after years of Microsoft products. I wish to learn how to eventually set up a FreeBSD/Apache server with MS Frontpage 98 extentions for use as a small Intranet server. I wish to install FreeBSD on the following "lab" computer to learn. It will be the only OS on the machine. i486sx25 overclocked to 33 (chipset escapes me right now) 8megs of ram 2.0 Maxtor IDE hard drive Trident 8900D video card with 1mg ram No name multi-io card No name 28.8 internal modem OAS brand SVGA monitor I believe the above equipment will allow an install (5meg minimum, correct?), but how much ram should I really have to allow me to learn the following: 1. How to use the OS, it's filesystem and basic operation 2. Experiment with Xwindows 3. Install and become familiar with Apache/FP98 Extentions This machine will never be used as a production machine...just for me to mess around with a learn what I can...I guess you might place it as a workstation class machine. So how much ram might I need to to get all this done? Any suggestions on other types of hardware better suited for this task? Thank you for your assistance. Gerry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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