From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 1 19: 2:10 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from earth.wnm.net (earth.wnm.net [208.246.240.243]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA75737B443 for ; Fri, 1 Sep 2000 19:02:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (alex@localhost) by earth.wnm.net (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id e8222rC52943; Fri, 1 Sep 2000 21:02:53 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 21:02:53 -0500 (CDT) From: Alex Charalabidis To: HodgePodge Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: newbie 325mg query In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 1 Sep 2000, HodgePodge wrote: > is 325mgs enough space to put FreeBSD 4.1 on an old 486 & try (through an > act of god) making said 486 into a router / packet forwarding box / > firewall? > Yes. I recently installed 4.0 on a 408MB drive, installed much more than I should have, and was left with adequate space to spare. Just go easy on the swap space or use none at all, and start out with a "minimal installation." -ac -- ============================================================== Alex Charalabidis (AC8139) 5050 Poplar Ave, Ste 170 Systems Administrator Memphis, TN 38157 WebNet Memphis (901) 432 6000 Author, The Book of IRC http://www.bookofirc.com/ ============================================================== To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message