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List:       openbsd-mobile
Subject:    Re: OpenBSD-mobile: Success on old 486s?
From:       "Christian Edward Gruber" <christian.edward.gruber () gmx ! net>
Date:       2001-05-08 19:07:06
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I ran 2.6 for about a year on a 486, and rebooted it maybe three times in
the whole year.  It was my NAT server, and my mail server, web-server, and
samba server and took the load with grace and poise.

regards,
Christian.

----- Original Message -----
From: "richard airlie" <kaneda@darq.net>
To: <openbsd-mobile@monkey.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 11:31 AM
Subject: OpenBSD-mobile: Success on old 486s?


> Hi folks,
> Does anyone have any idea as to whether any version of OpenBSD will run
well
> on old 486 laptops? Specifically I'm looking at Compaq Contura models
410-430.
> Important thing would be that it would support 2 pcmcia network cards, as
I'd
> want to use the box as a gateway.
>
> Thank you for any info you can provide,
> kaneda.
>
> ps: for the record, i had a page documenting installing openbsd 2.5 on a
> HP Omnibook 5000cts. feel free to link to it if you feel someone may find
it
> useful: http://www.darq.net/~kaneda/omnibook
>
>

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