Re: Hurd login box...
On Mon, Aug 19, 2002 at 11:43:40PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 19, 2002 at 02:05:35PM -0500, Adam Majer wrote:
> > Hi all,
>
> Hello!
>
> > I have just upgraded me server to dual PPro so
> > my old one, a 486 is sitting in storage. :)
> >
> > Anyway, I just looked at
> >
> > http://db.debian.org/machines.cgi
> >
> > and there seems to be no Debian/hurd boxes for
>
> that'd be Debian GNU/Hurd
Yes, quite right.
> > developers. Would be an advantage to have
> > something like a 486 hurd box for developers?
>
> very nice! do you intend it for general access or
> debian developer only?
I was going towards access on request just so the box
doesn't get killed. That is you get login created on
request.
> > The specs on the box are:
> >
> > 486DX2 66 [overclocked to 80]
> > 20MB RAM
>
> uhm.. you'll need a lot of swap, i suggest 1GB to be safe. :)
I could put in some clonker drives for swap to
get to 1G. Can hurd support that much swap though?
I know that it has problems supporting partitions >1G
> > I know, it's not much. But somewhat comparable
> > to the m68k machine :) [ignoring the ram part].
>
> should be quite enough (for porting small packages at least)
>
> thanks for the effort!
It would run adaquately if 20 people don't login at once :)
It's been some time since I installed hurd, so does it
support IPv6?
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