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Re: 486-33 8Mb
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Tue, 2 Sep 2003 16:07:12 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Matthew Miller wrote:
> Larry Pieniazek <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote:
> > > I got this 486 - 33Mhz with 8Mb RAM that taking up too much space and [snip]
> > I have heard of people running linux on tired iron like this (there's
> > even a linux on a floppy distribution, I hear, that's already set up to
> > do this) and using the box as a firewall/dhcp server between the outside
> > world and the rest of your network. You need two network cards in it
> > though, IIRC.
>
> And you'll probably want to at least double the RAM.
I suspect Derek isn't going to double the ram. The alternative is tossing the
box which he seems inclined to do.
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