Re: [slightly OT] 486 50mhz 16ram 258mb HD
> > should i even bother trying to put such a low end machine to use as a
> > gateway, firewall or webserver? if so would debian run on it, or should i
> > look for a single floppy solution (and if so which one, where do i look)?
> you will be surprised to see what an old machine is capable of. I have a
> 486DX2 with 12MB configured as a gateway (ip masquerade) for ADSL,
> firewall, smtp server, DNS server, pop3. So for internet sharing the
> computer is fast enough, I can even read my mail on it with acceptable
> speed. I do not know if it is fast enough for a webserver. Depends on your
> cable modem line.
ah, that's good to hear. one question though: how large should the swap
partition be.. ? i usually use one that is slightly larger than my RAM but
with only 16 to begin with i'd think i'd need about 50mb swap.
Brendon
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