On Tue, 2007-03-20 at 15:58 -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 02:29:52PM -0400, Greg Folkert wrote: > > On Tue, 2007-03-20 at 14:00 -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > > > I have a 486 with 32 MB ram, ISA bus NIC, currently running Sarge. Now > > > that Etch RC2 is out I'm starting to plan for the future of this box. > > > The Etch install manual says that it needs 64 MB ram. I know that Sarge > > > will continue to be supported for a while but I may as well start > > > planning. > > > > > > > > This box has two purposes: > > > a remote access to my main Athlon box > > > a toolbox: something that can get on the internet for email and > > > lynx incase something happens to the Athlon box and I > > > need to contact this list. > > > > I want a distribution with security support since if I didn't want that > > > I could just stick with Woody. > > > > > > FreeBSD will run, does anyone have experience with it? > > > > FreeBSD is actually very nice for exactly what you describe. You could > > also run one of the floppy based linux variants designed for just such > > an occasion. > > > > So, as for FreeBSD, it rocks in so many ways it is hard to describe. > > Although, the mindset causes many a Linuxer heads to explode, as the > > paradigm shift has no clutch. It really does fell foreign, almost > > surreal and stepping back 5-10 years in the life of Linux. But also > > being ahead of the curve, like putting a supercar motor, transmission > > and suspension in a sand buggy rail job, putting economy tires and going > > to the drag races. > > > > The Super Car motor transmission and suspension are design for road > > racing, the buggy rail chassis is design for heavy off-road, the tires > > made for "average use on an econobox" and going to the Drags races. > > Don't forget the "no-clutch" learning curve. Well you have to be very > > careful driving that car. Same goes for FreeBSD. > > Thanks, > > I haven't found a floppy-based distro that has the security support. > Under normal opterating conditions, the 486 sits behind the Athlon's > firewall. However, in its toolbox function, it needs to be the > firewall. > > What about OpenBSD and NetBSD? Same thing? I haven't looked too > closely at any of the BSDs, but I take it that its more like running raw > UNIX (e.g. debian without the policy, debs, apt, ...). > > If I didn't need it as a tool box (and hense security audit), I'd > probalby take this opportunitiy to start from scratch (no, not boot > LFS), use the big box to cross-compile everything for the 486. Of > course, I'd have to learn to use GCC. I'm a python type.
Yes, the BSDs are very similar, except http://www.freesbie.org/ But then, that won't work on your 486 very well... if at all. -- greg, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Novell's Directory Services is a competitive product to Microsoft's Active Directory in much the same way that the Saturn V is a competitive product to those dinky little model rockets that kids light off down at the playfield. -- Thane Walkup -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
