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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!swidir.switch.ch!newsfeed.ACO.net!Austria.EU.net!EU.net!Germany.EU.net!news.dfn.de!news.belwue.de!news.uni-freiburg.de!ps From: ps@kis.uni-freiburg.de (Peter Suetterlin) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Extremely low memory system Followup-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Date: 15 Sep 1995 12:35:21 GMT Organization: Rechenzentrum der Universitaet Freiburg, Germany Lines: 29 Message-ID: <43bru9$g3p@n.ruf.uni-freiburg.de> References: <43a1u6$572@tuba.cit.cornell.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: dewey.kis.uni-freiburg.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:61137 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:6324 Sam (sl63@crux3.cit.cornell.edu) wrote: : I need to run an FTP and HTTP server on an extremely limited machine. : The only resources I have at my disposal are a 486DLC, with 2, yes 2, megs : of RAM... Fortunately, I have a reasonably fast IDE HD... : My question is, will either linux or FreeBSD run at all with 2 Megabytes? : And if they will, what sort of performance should I expect with a low load : (no more than 10 user) FTP server and HTTPD running? Oh yeah, it will have : a network connection, so bandwidth will not be a slowdown. : -sam : (replys via EMail prefered- mailto:sl63@cornell.edu) : (dontations of RAM accepted, email for details) Yes, Linux will run. I've done it with an 386SX16 with 2MB. But it starts swapping if you do an ls, so don't expect anything from a system like that, regardless of your fast disk. Peter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peter "Pit" Suetterlin http://www.kis.uni-freiburg.de Kiepenheuer Institut fuer Sonnenphysik Tel.: +49 761 3198-210 ps@kis.uni-freiburg.de -- * -- * ...-- * -- * ...-- * -- * ...-- * -- * ...-- * -- * ...-- * -- Come and see the stars! http://www.kis.uni-freiburg.de/~ps/SFB Sternfreunde Breisgau e.V. Tel.: +49 761 73571 or 278588 __________________________________________________________________________