Re: Is my hard ware sufficient?

2008-02-20 Thread arthur
quot; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Jerry McAllister" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Lone Wolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 11:13 AM Subject: Re: Is my hard ware sufficient? > On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 11:14:52AM -0500, arthur wrote: > >

Re: Is my hard ware sufficient?

2008-02-20 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 11:14:52AM -0500, arthur wrote: > > I normally just use the cd to load the installation programs - > sysinstall - > > and download everything over the net during installation. > > I have v6.2 cd but I am going to try 7.0, but I don't mind if the KDE/app is > latest. > > S

Re: Is my hard ware sufficient?

2008-02-20 Thread arthur
> I normally just use the cd to load the installation programs - sysinstall - > and download everything over the net during installation. I have v6.2 cd but I am going to try 7.0, but I don't mind if the KDE/app is latest. So do you think I can: 1. boot with 6.2CD, run sysinstall, then install v

Re: Is my hard ware sufficient?

2008-02-20 Thread Jerry McAllister
t; Thanks demons! > > That is daemon, not demon. > There is a big difference. > > jerry > > > > > Olivier Nicole wrote: > I'm thinking to install FreeBSD on my old PC. > > > --- > > > Processor: Intel Celeron 1.3 GH > > > RAM:

Re: Is my hard ware sufficient?

2008-02-20 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, Lone Wolf wrote: Thank you for explanation :) So, if GNOME/KDE can be installed on FreeBSD, what are the advantages of BSD-based desktop systems like DesktopBSD/PC-BSD over FreeBSD? just the graphical installer? those projects make FreeBSD easier to install and administer. I never tried

Re: Is my hard ware sufficient?

2008-02-20 Thread Lone Wolf
Thank you for explanation :) So, if GNOME/KDE can be installed on FreeBSD, what are the advantages of BSD-based desktop systems like DesktopBSD/PC-BSD over FreeBSD? just the graphical installer? Erich Dollansky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, Lone Wolf wrote: >>> It is not bundled. Almost nothin

Re: Is my hard ware sufficient?

2008-02-20 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, Lone Wolf wrote: It is not bundled. Almost nothing is bundled. But it is available in ports and installing it is one of the special options during a standard installtion. it is an option depending on your installation menthod. Please correct me if I'm wrong: GNOME (or KDE) in included

Re: Is my hard ware sufficient?

2008-02-20 Thread Lone Wolf
big difference. jerry > > Olivier Nicole wrote: > I'm thinking to install FreeBSD on my old PC. > > --- > > Processor: Intel Celeron 1.3 GH > > RAM: 192 MB > > --- > > Is my hard ware sufficient? > > Sufficient to do what? > > Until

Re: Is my hard ware sufficient?

2008-02-19 Thread Jerry McAllister
ndard installtion. > Thanks demons! That is daemon, not demon. There is a big difference. jerry > > Olivier Nicole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm thinking to install FreeBSD > on my old PC. > > --- > > Processor: Intel Celeron 1.3 GH > > RAM: 192

Re: Is my hard ware sufficient?

2008-02-19 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 12:39:03AM -0800, Lone Wolf wrote: > Hi. > I'm thinking to install FreeBSD on my old PC. > --- > Processor: Intel Celeron 1.3 GH > RAM: 192 MB > --- > Is my hard ware sufficient? > Thanks. Sure. How much disk do you have available?

Re: Is my hard ware sufficient?

2008-02-19 Thread Wojciech Puchar
installation. I would recommend to install a plain FreeBSD without X first. me too, and never use things like gnome, kde etc.. anyway. it doesn't offer anything more than "cool look" and fancy things like files dragged by mouse etc. etc. for efficient graphics environment i would recommend j

Re: Is my hard ware sufficient?

2008-02-19 Thread Erich Dollansky
ron 1.3 GH RAM: 192 MB --- Is my hard ware sufficient? Sufficient to do what? Until not so long ago, my DNS server was a PIII 550 MHz, with something like 120 MB RAM, serving about 150 clients. I changed the hardware mostly because I had bigger machines available. Olivier Deep into th

Re: Is my hard ware sufficient?

2008-02-19 Thread herbert langhans
t is 32 MB, is it ok? > Does FreeBSD come bundled with GNOME? > Thanks demons! > > Olivier Nicole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm thinking to install FreeBSD > on my old PC. > > --- > > Processor: Intel Celeron 1.3 GH > > RAM: 192 MB > > --- >

Re: Is my hard ware sufficient?

2008-02-19 Thread Predrag Punosevac
GH RAM: 192 MB --- Is my hard ware sufficient? Sufficient to do what? Until not so long ago, my DNS server was a PIII 550 MHz, with something like 120 MB RAM, serving about 150 clients. I changed the hardware mostly because I had bigger machines available. Olivier Deep into that darkne

Re: Is my hard ware sufficient?

2008-02-19 Thread Predrag Punosevac
Lone Wolf wrote: Hi. I'm thinking to install FreeBSD on my old PC. --- Processor: Intel Celeron 1.3 GH RAM: 192 MB --- Is my hard ware sufficient? Thanks. Sufficient for what? What do you want to run on that computer? A workstation? A firewall? A mail server? Apache? Assuming you wa

Re: Is my hard ware sufficient?

2008-02-19 Thread Lone Wolf
eeBSD on my old PC. > --- > Processor: Intel Celeron 1.3 GH > RAM: 192 MB > --- > Is my hard ware sufficient? Sufficient to do what? Until not so long ago, my DNS server was a PIII 550 MHz, with something like 120 MB RAM, serving about 150 clients. I changed the hardware mostly because I had b

Re: Is my hard ware sufficient?

2008-02-19 Thread Wojciech Puchar
Hi. I'm thinking to install FreeBSD on my old PC. --- Processor: Intel Celeron 1.3 GH RAM: 192 MB --- Is my hard ware sufficient? pentium 75 with 32MB RAM is sufficient for FreeBSD to work well. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: Is my hard ware sufficient?

2008-02-19 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 12:39:03AM -0800, Lone Wolf wrote: > Hi. > I'm thinking to install FreeBSD on my old PC. > --- > Processor: Intel Celeron 1.3 GH > RAM: 192 MB > --- > Is my hard ware sufficient? > Thanks. Yes, that is more than enough to run FreeBSD. Dependi

Re: Is my hard ware sufficient?

2008-02-19 Thread Olivier Nicole
> I'm thinking to install FreeBSD on my old PC. > --- > Processor: Intel Celeron 1.3 GH > RAM: 192 MB > --- > Is my hard ware sufficient? Sufficient to do what? Until not so long ago, my DNS server was a PIII 550 MHz, with something like 120 MB RAM, serving about 150

Is my hard ware sufficient?

2008-02-19 Thread Lone Wolf
Hi. I'm thinking to install FreeBSD on my old PC. --- Processor: Intel Celeron 1.3 GH RAM: 192 MB --- Is my hard ware sufficient? Thanks. Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dreamed before. E.