From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 27 21:42:26 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B579416A4E1 for ; Sun, 27 Aug 2006 21:42:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from albi@scii.nl) Received: from post-23.mail.nl.demon.net (post-23.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.193]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3716B43D5F for ; Sun, 27 Aug 2006 21:42:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from albi@scii.nl) Received: from aseed.demon.nl ([83.160.138.119]:22649 helo=http.aseed.net) by post-23.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 4.51) id 1GHSOe-0006BS-3z; Sun, 27 Aug 2006 21:42:24 +0000 Received: from amandla (217-19-30-147.dsl.cambrium.nl [217.19.30.147]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by http.aseed.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBAE4580A7; Sun, 27 Aug 2006 23:45:13 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 23:42:22 +0200 From: albi To: "hackmiester (Hunter Fuller)" Message-Id: <20060827234222.3ff10c45.albi@scii.nl> In-Reply-To: <5584A99D-CB53-45D8-B552-BFF89A01E9C8@hackmiester.com> References: <5584A99D-CB53-45D8-B552-BFF89A01E9C8@hackmiester.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.4 (GTK+ 2.8.18; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Proof of concept box with 8mB RAM X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 21:42:26 -0000 On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 16:35:51 -0500 "hackmiester (Hunter Fuller)" wrote: > Everyone will laugh at this, but I have an old box with a 25mHz > processor or so. It has 8mB of memory. I want to install some type > of UNIX clone on it, as a proof of concept. I don't care if it's > linux, freebsd, or something else, but I need something that will run > with enough speed to run an sshd and not much else. It will just be > to prove that old hardware can still be used. Any suggestions? it's a 386 ? try minix first, then FreeBSD 3.x :] http://www.minix3.org/download/index.html -- grtjs, albi