Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 18:10:13 +1000 From: Stephen McKay <syssgm@dtir.qld.gov.au> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Cc: syssgm@dtir.qld.gov.au Subject: Re: Urge to apply the vn device hack even to 2.2.5 Message-ID: <199710210810.SAA12294@ogre.dtir.qld.gov.au> In-Reply-To: <15920.877390482@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at "Mon, 20 Oct 1997 23:34:42 %2B0000" References: <15920.877390482@time.cdrom.com>
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On Monday, 20th October 1997, "Jordan K. Hubbard" wrote: >maybe we should make our release-a-day server a 486SX with 8MB of >memory and switch it to being a release-a-week server instead. >We'd not have as useful a service by far, but it sure would catch >those load sensitive bugs early. :-) Hey, I used to do this for ya! I used to have a 386sx16 with 4Mb ram and 13.5 Mb of swap. Yes, every byte of swap counted! It didn't have enough disk to store anything, so /usr/src and /usr/obj were NFS. It used to take around 10 days to crank out a make world. Sort of a continuing lesson in patience. It did find real bugs though. Unfortunately, it took sick and died. :-( >P.S. Yes, of course I'm just joking. :) I've always been fascinated by those bald blokes that whip themselves in the name of religious purification. They don't joke either. Stephen.
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