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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!van-bc!portal.ca!not-for-mail From: curt@portal.ca (Curt Sampson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc Subject: Re: "Calling all very VERY clever people" !! 8-] NetCafe Questions... Date: 12 Jan 1996 21:59:08 -0800 Organization: Internet Portal Services, Inc. Lines: 21 Message-ID: <4d7hnc$7pg@cynic.portal.ca> References: <4csfha$3p1@news.mistral.co.uk> <fred-1001961100310001@fredsmac.digiplanet.com> <4d6ns1$h7c@uriah.heep.sax.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: cynic.portal.ca Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:12008 comp.unix.bsd.misc:436 [Newsgroups have been trimmed; this has little to do with web servers.] In article <4d6ns1$h7c@uriah.heep.sax.de>, J Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de> wrote: >Not really necessary. You need at least 5 MB RAM in order to install >(by now), but once it's installed, i know of Martin Welk who's running >a FreeBSD router with 3 MB, and i've even got the kernel to boot >within 1920 KB (though it ain't actually an operable system). > >A simple packet-forwarder doesn't require much resources, almost >everything is done inside the kernel. Gated on a system of mine that is routing (just two interfaces, broadcasting RIP on both and listening on one) is currently using 1.3MB of VM. cjs -- Curt Sampson curt@portal.ca Info at http://www.portal.ca/ Internet Portal Services, Inc. Vancouver, BC (604) 257-9400 De gustibus, aut bene aut nihil.