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Re: what i've learned, and explanation.



D-Man wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 05:29:42PM -0700, Phil Murphy wrote:
> |
> | Unless I convert my 486-sx to Debian, I'll never see those great
> | uptimes I see posted.  :)  I may do that just because I can. 486-sx,
> | 24 megs, should run properly I would assume.
> 
> 24MB RAM!!  It should run great, I think.  I have an old 486sx here
> with only 8MB RAM.  It thrashes a lot.  apt-get upgrade takes longer
> to install the packages than to download them over a 33.6K modem!
> 
> Any ideas on where I can find some RAM for it?  It only has 2 slots,
> so I need to get some relatively large SIMMS.
> 
> -D

I bought 32MB for my 486DX4 at Office Max a few months ago.  I think I
paid something like $40-$50 for the 32MB SIMM.  It's currently running
FreeBSD very well.


-- 
Morgan Terry
mterry@acsbps.com
  
It is easier to move a problem around (for example, by moving
the problem to a different part of the overall network
architecture) than it is to solve it.  --RFC 1925



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