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#! rnews 1779 sserve.cc.adfa.oz.au Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!agis!gatech!news.mathworks.com!news.kei.com!travelers.mail.cornell.edu!newstand.syr.edu!galileo.cc.rochester.edu!uhura.cc.rochester.edu!jb011c From: jb011c@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Josh Blumberg) Subject: Running X-Windows on 4 meg ram Message-ID: <1995May20.170419.2519@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> Sender: news@galileo.cc.rochester.edu Nntp-Posting-Host: uhura.cc.rochester.edu Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York Date: Sat, 20 May 95 17:04:19 GMT Lines: 23 I want to install FreeBSD on my computer, I have abaout $400 to spend on upgrading my computer, I want to be able to run FreeBSD and dos/windows... I currently have: Leading Edge 486 SX25, 4meg Ram, 120 meg hard drive(IDE) No external cache(can expand to 64k), SVGA monitor(512k vram) I am an undergrad Comp Sci. major at the Univ. of Rochester. I can set up a PPP connection at 19,200 baud to some high end Sparc work stations. My idea was that I would by a new hard drive(I've found a 1.2 gig 9ms access time for $300), split it giving FreeBSD about 500 meg... Make a huge 30 meg. swap file... Run x-windows, telneting to those high end Sparcs. I'll then be using emacs and g++ to do compiling. Here's the question, will I be able to get x-windows of the ground with 4 meg ram and a huge swap file. I figure since the Sparcs will be doing all the work my ram will only be running the x-windows and OS. Also I can afford a math-co or the external cache... how do you think that money would be best spent? I figured I'd come to the experts before I embark on a potentially hopeless venture. Thanks alot for any help, Josh Blumberg jb011c@uhura.cc.rochester.edu