Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 00:56:44 -0500 From: Tom Parquette <Tom_Parquette@myrealbox.com> To: Roger534@aol.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Will this work? Message-ID: <3C99761C.3050201@myrealbox.com> References: <a8.871d48e.29ca4247@aol.com>
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My first FreeBSD machine was a Dell 486/66 with 16mb of RAM. It would usually take me 36-48 hours to build the world but I was in no rush. This machine is still alive and kicking. I use it as a sandbox while I figure out how to make something new (to me) work. If you run XFree86 the machine will grind to a halt because of RAM usage. If you're going to run X, you should think about at least 128mb of RAM. I love rescuing old machines from the dumpster but at some point getting IDE disks to work will become the major problem. e.g. getting ISA controller cards is becoming a problem. Go for it. It's a good starting point. Cheers... Roger534@aol.com wrote: > I recently came across a boxed copy of FreeBSD 4.2 on the "clearance > table" at a local office supply store. My old PC is a 90MHz Pentium with > 24 MB RAM and a 503 MB hard drive. I bought the box (it was only $17) - > would converting my old PC to a UNIX-only machine as a hobby be a > practical idea? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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