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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!howland.reston.ans.net!Germany.EU.net!news.dfn.de!si-nic!appl2.hrz.uni-siegen.de!gf135 From: gf135@appl2.hrz.uni-siegen.de (andreas berg) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Extremely low memory system Followup-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Date: 15 Sep 1995 10:46:47 GMT Organization: Computer Center, University of Siegen, Germany Lines: 23 Message-ID: <43blin$1ab@si-nic.hrz.uni-siegen.de> References: <43a1u6$572@tuba.cit.cornell.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: appl2.hrz.uni-siegen.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:61112 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:6317 Sam (sl63@crux3.cit.cornell.edu) wrote: : 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) I did run Linux on a 2megs PC for some time. It works, if you really do minimize it. I had about 200k used SWAP-space after login, so if you want to run a ftpd and httpd, the system will swap a lot. For installation you will need at least 4 megs! After you compiled a new, minimized kernel and added enough swap, it will work with 2 megs. Ciao, Andreas Berg.