On Tue, 2006-03-28 at 17:44 +0530, Anurag wrote: > Sometime on Mon, Mar 27, 2006 at 03:14:40PM +0100, PenguinPuPPy said: > > to practice Linux -Networking(Samba squid and all that stuff), now do do > > this i had an Athlon 1800+ already with Microsucks & Suse 9.3 .Now to go > > ahead with my work i purchased a 2nd hand pentium mmx 166 mhz with 32 mb > > ram.my question to the group is will this oldie satisfy my networking needs. > > This box will serve as a good internet gateway and firewall. You can > install samba/squid on it and it will work too, but you need large RAM > to actually put it to some practical use.
This vintage needs PC66 memory. 6 mos. ago I tried on Lam. Rd.; could not find any in stock. Any one know of a vendor who has them available (special order ok)? -- Arun Khan -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
