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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!travelers.mail.cornell.edu!tuba.cit.cornell.edu!crux3!sl63 From: sl63@crux3.cit.cornell.edu (Sam) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Extremely low memory system Date: 14 Sep 1995 20:05:26 GMT Organization: Cornell University Lines: 13 Message-ID: <43a1u6$572@tuba.cit.cornell.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.253.232.63 X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #6 (NOV) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:59720 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:5913 I need to run an FTP and HTTP server on an extremely limited machine. The only resources I have at my disposal are a 486DLC, with 2, yes 2, megs of RAM... Fortunately, I have a reasonably fast IDE HD... My question is, will either linux or FreeBSD run at all with 2 Megabytes? And if they will, what sort of performance should I expect with a low load (no more than 10 user) FTP server and HTTPD running? Oh yeah, it will have a network connection, so bandwidth will not be a slowdown. -sam (replys via EMail prefered- mailto:sl63@cornell.edu) (dontations of RAM accepted, email for details)