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On Thu, Jul 01, 2004 at 08:40:13AM -0500, Aaron Wyant wrote:
> What are the slowest machines that you guys have running Linux on? I'm
> currently running a Celeron 500Mhz with 256MB RAM with RH9.0 on it.
> However, since RH is totally done with the updates, I need to swap it out in
> favor of Suse or another distro. The closest machine I have to it is a PII,
> 250Mhz with 512MB RAM (could expand to 1GB if needed).
I HAVE had it running on a 100 MHz and a 200MHz AND i have a P90 that i never quite got around to installing it on, but i know it runs on it I was just missing Compaq driver disks or something to get past the bios... my Debian box died a while back, well the motherboard and then the video card also fried, that was a PII 300 MHz. I have also gotten Linux to run on a 50Mhz and had some friends running it on 486s :) Just be careful with what packages you put on the slower the machines.
>
> I am only using the Linux machine as a firewall router setup. No number
> crunching. The machine generally runs in "x", but does do anything there
> other than troubleshoot internet connections (to make sure the triple
> redundant firewalls aren't killing aps). Since it is my firewall, I don't
> have the time to take the RH machine down and start over on it. My only
> option to build it on a spare machine.
>
> Any help on how old I can go is appreciated.
Slow machines would probably be okay with only FIrewall usage. I 'd almost suggest not even bothering with X and just doing it all in Terminal mode. But that's me...
> Best regards,
>
> Aaron Wyant
> Internet Branch Manager
> The Paris National Bank
> 888-639-0852
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