Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2001 11:09:29 -0400 From: dochawk@psu.edu To: Dale Chulhan - Home <dchulhan@uwi.tt> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: VM-Ware Performance with FreeBSD Message-ID: <200106231509.f5NF9TI01728@fac13.ds.psu.edu> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 22 Jun 2001 20:18:56 EDT." <3B33E070.9191B12E@uwi.tt>
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dale dithered, > Remember my X-window question from before? Well any way the best > recommendation was to use VM-Ware and install true FreeBSD. > My question is that I installed on a 450MHz machine with 128 MB RAM and > seems to be a bit lazy on WinNT. istr that vmware wants a minimum of 256mb . . . go low on something like that, and performance will suffer dearly . . . Save for riduculously long startup times which generate no load at all, I'm having no trouble running the linux version under freebsd--but I have 512mb . . (I asked for 256 to go with the 128 that came with it, and he insisted on pulling the 128 for another 512 . . . no, I don't want to trade problems :) hawk -- Prof. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. /"\ ASCII ribbon campaign dochawk@psu.edu Smeal 178 (814) 375-4700 \ / against HTML mail These opinions will not be those of X and postings Penn State until it pays my retainer. / \ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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