2008/9/4 Peter N. M. Hansteen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Steve Shockley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> So, OpenBSD will run. It's going to be slow, it's only a Pentium >> 100. I ran OpenBSD on a P133 for a while, I had to run the older >> version of X because the video wasn't supported by the new version, >> not sure if that's still the case. > > The archives will reveal that around 2.5-2.7 times (cant't remember > exactly), some of us have installed and (briefly) run OpenBSD on > i386/33 with all of 8MB of RAM, and I think even the trick for making > the installer complete under these conditions made it into the FAQ at > least for a while. Not recommended, but apparently doable, FSVO. > >> Patience will be important. > > Oh yes, loads of it. By the time you've actually gotten a system with > that spec to do something marginally useful, something much more > recent is bound to have fallen into your lap for free.
I did for a time run a 133MHz Pentium 1 clone PF firewall with a 210MB HDD and 48 MB RAM. I don't recommend using such a puny HDD. Even promotional freebie USB sticks are probably 512MB these days, and you really do want at least 512MB HDD space (of course bigger still is a lot better), because otherwise there is so much stuff that you probably would want and just cannot install. As for the RAM and the speed, I found the above quite acceptable for my home network purposes (no X11) once I gave it a bigger HDD. Of course OpenBSD will also put a better CPU and more RAM to excellent use, but based on my personal experience I would consider a Pentium 1 with 512MB HDD and 48 MB RAM the minimum for very basic 10/100 Megabit home network PF stuff. It's possible that even 24MB RAM will work ok for you, I just haven't tried it. YMMV. regards, --ropers
