From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Jun 1 22:29:57 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4DC4B8209A for ; Thu, 1 Jun 2017 22:29:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from george+freebsd@m5p.com) Received: from mailhost.m5p.com (mailhost.m5p.com [207.172.210.101]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "m5p.com", Issuer "Let's Encrypt Authority X3" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5EA6A6F399 for ; Thu, 1 Jun 2017 22:29:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from george+freebsd@m5p.com) Received: from [IPv6:2001:470:1f07:15ff::1f] (haymarket.m5p.com [IPv6:2001:470:1f07:15ff::1f]) by mailhost.m5p.com (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id v51MSSpx000895; Thu, 1 Jun 2017 18:28:33 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from george+freebsd@m5p.com) Subject: Re: Ancient Hardware To: Polytropon Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20170601235936.73cf4e92.freebsd@edvax.de> From: George Mitchell Message-ID: Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2017 18:28:22 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20170601235936.73cf4e92.freebsd@edvax.de> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="1XQOv1D15fpHunVFx8Jso8mU2SldWDi0R" X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.2 required=10.0 tests=HELO_MISC_IP, RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on mattapan.m5p.com X-Greylist: Sender passed SPF test, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.6.2 (mailhost.m5p.com [IPv6:2001:470:1f07:15ff::f7]); Thu, 01 Jun 2017 18:28:34 -0400 (EDT) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2017 22:29:57 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --1XQOv1D15fpHunVFx8Jso8mU2SldWDi0R Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="2wkKAiat1lXuDuBAFkvhxLO92N1wPEeMx"; protected-headers="v1" From: George Mitchell To: Polytropon Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: Subject: Re: Ancient Hardware References: <20170601235936.73cf4e92.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20170601235936.73cf4e92.freebsd@edvax.de> --2wkKAiat1lXuDuBAFkvhxLO92N1wPEeMx Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 06/01/17 17:59, Polytropon wrote: > On Thu, 1 Jun 2017 16:10:48 -0400, George Mitchell wrote: >> What is the minimum recommended RAM for FreeBSD 10 systems? Is there >> any chance it would run on an i386 with only 128MB of RAM? >=20 > I've been running FreeBSD 9 on a Pentium I with 150 MHz and > 128 MB RAM (FreeBSD 5 with 64 MB RAM before that), so I'd > say 128 MB RAM sounds possible; however, do you mean "a real > Intel 80386" when you say i386, or is a Pentium-class CPU > within your scope? >=20 > Also consider the difference between "(basically) runs on" > vs. "is usable (for)". ;-) It's an AMD Geode in an old Netgate box I'm trying to revive. It does run old pfSense images, but I hoped I might be able to use it to run a newer pfSense. Thanks for your response. -- George --2wkKAiat1lXuDuBAFkvhxLO92N1wPEeMx-- --1XQOv1D15fpHunVFx8Jso8mU2SldWDi0R Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEENdM4ZHktsJW5kKZXwRES3m+p4fkFAlkwlQwACgkQwRES3m+p 4fn3nBAAiYYq8tdK//XLhr3yr9PdiZPtXYrCtWprE7uIuzV9QOzv3PFy110Hnl1M YHSZ/icZg/48V2Apyzazv8MpJJlVZ/7N3n1Did4g+yMOsAuOEEbYnVaLVlrYaT6U omN3fM6KJ4sHbrB8soyqPoJvc/J2WDoSQsc61AKwHP/pe89uFIuoThQdHjhnbUra oe3N1aFUkWzryqN0n2ekknoU1NRvlUSYgL3nJxI1A5zBj/OYKEOdloaKTKUBRFd6 5jNAC7QNX0r3Q2d00JUrrhrWb6/WhjLs614WQITmWVq6OdJcq4/Z3LZn4Hy4aA1x RSsGRQvI8e5OFfdcqYkiJ6Tv29OZ+of7KCaizAK8k+JzVm587lSkCAvKEzDG/Fmr x3i8nmyM+grrT9jQHq4BFR1W5vXF3DmdvQ5qJICF7HNZB/sGzybDk/SuiD5w3k9y CRWuAx4ALPyrunf/3VAZq/cP2nngMi4XDRz2nmSv+7TsJpJt90pXTLm4EtpvVXa5 AbVL8xpDH6zNInB3f1sG3OM2g9JvJaVLa/LzU6V3kMFBjVgVD9V2mhtisnw3cavx TTev6T1/xo6ScJz6gZ706q7eN3pc+GxzQbE6Cyl23w8ffFCQC34y4LrUd1qRGQXm K26ekCUeRDv6lhZhGHcYtDHNGFvbE+MH8joORH4Zu0r1WlxenjQ= =MZmf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --1XQOv1D15fpHunVFx8Jso8mU2SldWDi0R--