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From: mike johnson <ahze@slaughter.necro.edu>
To: "Kathy Quinlan" <katinka@magestower.com>,
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Subject: Re: setting up freeBSD
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Then FreeBSD will more than likely have no problem with this. 

On Sat, 18 Nov 2000, Kathy Quinlan wrote:
> Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 20:25:28 +0800
> To: <ahze@slaughter.necro.edu>
> From: "Kathy Quinlan" <katinka@magestower.com>
> Subject: Re: setting up freeBSD
> 
> the box will not be getting many hits, is mainly a net sharing box (we
> still
> have not the money for a static IP)
> 
> As soon as I have the money the box will be upgraded probably an athlon
> 650mhz 128 mb ram and 20 gigs hdd
> 
> mind you the box speed is not critical as it hangs of a 56k dial up line
> lol
> (Perth AU sucks for net connection)
> 
> 
> Kathy
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "mike johnson" <ahze@slaughter.necro.edu>
> To: "Kathy Quinlan" <katinka@magestower.com>; "freebsd questions"
> <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
> Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2000 6:20 PM
> Subject: Re: setting up freeBSD
> 
> 
> >
> > On Sat, 18 Nov 2000, Kathy Quinlan wrote:
> > > Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 15:44:14 +0800
> > > To: "freebsd questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
> > > From: "Kathy Quinlan" <katinka@magestower.com>
> > > Subject: setting up freeBSD
> > >
> > > Hi all I am a newbie :o)
> > >
> > > I am setting up a freeBSD box that will control so dedicated io cards
> > > under
> > > C (not a problem they currently run in this machine under dos using
> QB)
> > >
> > > This box will also be a server for the local LAN (Mac to PC
> interface)
> > > printer server for Mac, internet distribution and ftp / email / web
> > > server
> > > (not much traffic).
> > >
> > > The machine specs are :
> > >
> > > 486 Dx2 66
> > > 16Mb ram
> > > 800Mb hdd
> >
> > I have the same setup on a box. But I have a 550meg hdd and 12meg of
> ram.
> > and it runs FreeBSD 4.1-Stable. You say you want it to be a print
> server ,
> > ftp , email , and web? Well I ran apache on mine and it was doing all
> my
> > mail. I would not use a 66mhz box with that little ram as a webserver
> if
> it
> > gets a good bit of hits. Or if your are doing ANY php/perl/etc scripts.
> I
> > did a good bit of php and it was not too great on the speedy side. I
> also
> > reloaded a page with a good bit of php in it as fast as i could just to
> see
> > if the box could handle it. Well it got really laged and I had to
> reboot.
> > The only real way to say 'yes' this will work , is for you to try it.
> >
> >
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