Bruce Johnson wrote: >john wrote: > > >>I have a powermac 7600/200, with 128mb or RAM, 1mb VRAM. Im wondering if >>anyone who has installed OS X on a machine this slow. I plan on using this >>computer to do small-scale HTTP, FTP, SMB, and AppleTalk serving with 10.2 >>server, and not have a monitor hooked up. >> >> > >If this is just a server machine, don't even bother with OS X, just go >straight to Darwin. <http://developer.apple.com/darwin/> All of the >above services are available with Darwin, and it'll run a lot better >(meaning it'll *run*!) than OS X would. > > > > > > > Good call !
I am presently running OS X Server 10.1 (patched to OS X 10.1.5, and Server 10.1.4) on a 7300/166 with 128 MB RAM. This is an experimental rig, but so far it's being well-behaved. I'm using OS X Server, rather than Darwin, in order to learn the graphical tools. Experiments by me and others have confirmed that OS X can be installed and run on a TNT machine with only 64 MB RAM, and a slow 604 processor. The slowest available would be 120 MHz, but I haven't tried that myself. It is a credit to OS X that it runs on such a humble config without glitches or kernel panics. But boy, is it sl-o-o-o-ow. The single biggest speed-up comes from adding RAM. Taking the RAM to at least 128 MB makes the machine useable, rather than it being a masochistic experiment. Adding faster disk interfaces, faster cpus, and faster graphics cards can make the machine a useful modern workstation - but for a basic server these things are largely irrelevant. After all, if you're serving over the built-in Ethernet (about 1 MB/s), why would you need an ATA-100 disk? Gerald W Wilson BTW, your 7600 will have 2 MB VRAM, since 1 MB is not a working config. -- Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:UnsupportedOSX@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:UnsupportedOSX-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:UnsupportedOSX-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive <http://www.mail-archive.com/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
