On Mon, 27 Dec 1999 09:33:48 +0000, Steven wrote: >Per Backman wrote: >> >> A practical minimum for running FreeBSD with X on a PC is >> 80486DX/2-66, 16Mb RAM, 2Mb SVGA-card and 200Mb Harddiskspace. > >If this is true, then FreeBSD is less suitable for a survPC than >Linux. My 486DX33, 8Mb RAM, 1Mb SVGA-card and 80Mb Harddiskspace >happily runs X under Linux. FreeBSD will probably do that too, it needs 5Mb RAM to install, but only 4Mb to run. You can run Windows95 OSR2 on your machine too, but it is nothing I would recommend to anyone. It is not really worth buying any of the Linux or BSD distributions for other SurvPC's than the newer ones, the cost of the software would be much higher than the commercial value of the computer (for someone that only has got one and does not want to get another). The practical minimum is probably what I have quoted, the absolute minimum is different, and to get the most out of it I would recommend at least a lot more of harddisk space. > >> There are some one- and two floppy distributions too, without X, >> but with networking. > >Ditto Linux (except that a couple of two-floppy distributions come >with X included). I think I have missed them, where? Per B. ************************************************************ The PHOTO&NATURIST page; In English, auf deutsch, po polsku; http://hem.fyristorg.com/pbackman/ ICQ UIN; 40714141 ************************************************************ To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies.
