From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jun 23 8: 9:31 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fac13.ds.psu.edu (fac13.ds.psu.edu [146.186.61.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E261037B407 for ; Sat, 23 Jun 2001 08:09:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hawk@fac13.ds.psu.edu) Received: from fac13.ds.psu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fac13.ds.psu.edu (8.11.4/8.11.3) with ESMTP id f5NF9TI01728; Sat, 23 Jun 2001 11:09:29 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from hawk@fac13.ds.psu.edu) Message-Id: <200106231509.f5NF9TI01728@fac13.ds.psu.edu> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.3.1 01/18/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 To: Dale Chulhan - Home Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: VM-Ware Performance with FreeBSD In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 22 Jun 2001 20:18:56 EDT." <3B33E070.9191B12E@uwi.tt> From: dochawk@psu.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2001 11:09:29 -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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