On Mon, Aug 19, 2002 at 11:43:40PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > On Mon, Aug 19, 2002 at 02:05:35PM -0500, Adam Majer wrote: > > Hi all, > > Hello! > > > I have just upgraded me server to dual PPro so > > my old one, a 486 is sitting in storage. :) > > > > Anyway, I just looked at > > > > http://db.debian.org/machines.cgi > > > > and there seems to be no Debian/hurd boxes for > > that'd be Debian GNU/Hurd
Yes, quite right. > > developers. Would be an advantage to have > > something like a 486 hurd box for developers? > > very nice! do you intend it for general access or > debian developer only? I was going towards access on request just so the box doesn't get killed. That is you get login created on request. > > The specs on the box are: > > > > 486DX2 66 [overclocked to 80] > > 20MB RAM > > uhm.. you'll need a lot of swap, i suggest 1GB to be safe. :) I could put in some clonker drives for swap to get to 1G. Can hurd support that much swap though? I know that it has problems supporting partitions >1G > > I know, it's not much. But somewhat comparable > > to the m68k machine :) [ignoring the ram part]. > > should be quite enough (for porting small packages at least) > > thanks for the effort! It would run adaquately if 20 people don't login at once :) It's been some time since I installed hurd, so does it support IPv6?

