Am 2005-11-25 09:17:36, schrieb Rogério Brito: > Heh, it's cool to have old hardware running well. :-) And not only that, > but it is also a good way of "benchmarking" the current programs (say, > glibc against libc4 or libc5). > > And building a (statically built, as you woulnd't probably want to mess > with installation of module-init-tools in such an old distribution) 2.6 > kernel for such a beast would be nicem, if possible. :-) > > It's all a good learning exercise, to know the limits of our software > and hardware. :-) > > Such pet projects are indeed quite cool, IMVHO. :-) For instance, I have > an old PowerMac 8500/180MP here where, with a slow (SCSI) disk, but > still alive. :-) > > Official support from its original manufacturer for such beast has ended > quite some ago, but it works perfectly with sarge, for instance. :-)
I run a Toshiba T1950CT (486dx2/50) with 4+8 MByte of memory, a 3c589-Combo and for some days I have changed my gigantic :-) 325 MByteHDD against a Hitachi Travelstar 20 GByte... Now, my SWAP is faster then the memory... :-P ...and the Laptop is around 20 times faster. > Regards, Rogério. Greetings Michelle -- Linux-User #280138 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org/ ##################### Debian GNU/Linux Consultant ##################### Michelle Konzack Apt. 917 ICQ #328449886 50, rue de Soultz MSM LinuxMichi 0033/3/88452356 67100 Strasbourg/France IRC #Debian (irc.icq.com) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
