On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 11:35:49PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
Then there's aesthetics. I learn best by understanding. Since UNIX
culture was born on slow (by today's standards) machines, why not learn
in that mode to start? What steps would I skip if my machine is too
slow if I'm
On Sun, Mar 25, 2007 at 12:44:46PM -0400, Nick Holland wrote:
Shawn K. Quinn wrote:
On Fri, 2007-03-23 at 10:49 -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
On Fri, Mar 23, 2007 at 06:56:32AM -0500, Shawn K. Quinn wrote:
On Wed, 2007-03-21 at 22:37 -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
I've got
On Fri, 2007-03-23 at 10:49 -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
On Fri, Mar 23, 2007 at 06:56:32AM -0500, Shawn K. Quinn wrote:
On Wed, 2007-03-21 at 22:37 -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
Hello,
I've got a 486DX4-100 with 32 MB ram, ISA bus, with two drives: 840 MB
and 1280 MB IDE.
Shawn K. Quinn wrote:
On Fri, 2007-03-23 at 10:49 -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
On Fri, Mar 23, 2007 at 06:56:32AM -0500, Shawn K. Quinn wrote:
On Wed, 2007-03-21 at 22:37 -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
Hello,
I've got a 486DX4-100 with 32 MB ram, ISA bus, with two drives: 840
On Sun, 2007-03-25 at 12:44 -0400, Nick Holland wrote:
32M is at a point where if it isn't enough, you need a better
machine. Tweaking the kernel to make it run better in 32M
is just perfume on the pig. If that's what you need to do,
get a less smelly pig.
Wow, I guess back in the day, I had
On Wed, 2007-03-21 at 22:37 -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
Hello,
I've got a 486DX4-100 with 32 MB ram, ISA bus, with two drives: 840 MB
and 1280 MB IDE. Currently running Debian GNU/Linux Sarge.
[...]
Debian Etch will need more than 32 MB ram so am starting the planning.
I've
Shawn K. Quinn wrote:
Assuming you don't try to do more with it than you have CPU and RAM for,
you should be fine. However, once you've tested that all your hardware
works with the GENERIC kernel, I would strongly recommend you compile a
custom kernel and run that (do a Web search for a Perl
On Fri, Mar 23, 2007 at 06:56:32AM -0500, Shawn K. Quinn wrote:
On Wed, 2007-03-21 at 22:37 -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
Hello,
I've got a 486DX4-100 with 32 MB ram, ISA bus, with two drives: 840 MB
and 1280 MB IDE. Currently running Debian GNU/Linux Sarge.
Assuming you don't
* Douglas Allan Tutty [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007-03-23 16:12]:
I thought compiling a custom kernel was _discouraged_?
so is giving bad advice on mailing lists.
yet, people keep doing both.
I see no reason not to use GENERIC on a 32MB system.
--
Henning Brauer, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In message http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-miscm=117452881511952w=1,
Douglas Allan Tutty dtutty () porchlight ! ca asked
I've got a 486DX4-100 with 32 MB ram, ISA bus, with two drives: 840 MB
and 1280 MB IDE. Currently running Debian GNU/Linux Sarge.
Box has two uses:
under normal
On 21 March 2007, Travers Buda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
* Douglas Allan Tutty [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007-03-21 22:37:01]:
Hello,
I've got a 486DX4-100 with 32 MB ram, ISA bus, with two drives: 840 MB
and 1280 MB IDE. Currently running Debian GNU/Linux Sarge.
*snip*
Is there any
On Wed, Mar 21, 2007 at 10:16:24PM -0500, Travers Buda wrote:
* Douglas Allan Tutty [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007-03-21 22:37:01]:
I've got a 486DX4-100 with 32 MB ram, ISA bus, with two drives: 840 MB
and 1280 MB IDE. Currently running Debian GNU/Linux Sarge.
*snip*
Is there any reason
On 3/22/07, Douglas Allan Tutty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You mean OpenBSD has encrypted swap out-of-the-box? That's fantastic.
It took a while to set up on my debian etch box.
That is why we call it ``secure by default''
Hello,
I've got a 486DX4-100 with 32 MB ram, ISA bus, with two drives: 840 MB
and 1280 MB IDE. Currently running Debian GNU/Linux Sarge.
Box has two uses:
under normal cirumstance, as a thin client to my
athlon box elsewhere in the house.
As a toolbox incase anything
On 3/21/07, Douglas Allan Tutty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello,
I've got a 486DX4-100 with 32 MB ram, ISA bus, with two drives: 840 MB
and 1280 MB IDE. Currently running Debian GNU/Linux Sarge.
Is there any reason that OpenBSD wouldn't be my best choice for this
box?
I've heard rumours on
* Douglas Allan Tutty [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007-03-21 22:37:01]:
Hello,
I've got a 486DX4-100 with 32 MB ram, ISA bus, with two drives: 840 MB
and 1280 MB IDE. Currently running Debian GNU/Linux Sarge.
*snip*
Is there any reason that OpenBSD wouldn't be my best choice for this
box?
Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
Hello,
I've got a 486DX4-100 with 32 MB ram, ISA bus, with two drives: 840 MB
and 1280 MB IDE. Currently running Debian GNU/Linux Sarge.
Box has two uses:
under normal cirumstance, as a thin client to my
athlon box elsewhere in the house.
On Wed, Mar 21, 2007 at 10:37:01PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
Hello,
I've got a 486DX4-100 with 32 MB ram, ISA bus, with two drives: 840 MB
and 1280 MB IDE. Currently running Debian GNU/Linux Sarge.
Box has two uses:
under normal cirumstance, as a thin client to my
* Darrin Chandler [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007-03-21 20:31:57]:
Given the uses you want, you're probably going to say yes to sshd
during install. When you reboot after install it'll generate keys. Plan
to go have supper around then. ;) Any further rebooting won't have that
penalty.
Or, if
On Wed, Mar 21, 2007 at 10:37:01PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
Hello,
I've got a 486DX4-100 with 32 MB ram, ISA bus, with two drives: 840 MB
and 1280 MB IDE. Currently running Debian GNU/Linux Sarge.
I've installed and run on 16M of RAM in the last 3 years. If perchance
the install
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