[Preston] RE: memory

[John]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Taylor" <steve@ramsbottom.net>
To: <preston@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 10:55 PM
Subject: RE: [Preston] RE: memory


>
>
> > My IBM/Cyrix PR166 I believe is slightly faster than a pentium P166
> > (possibly rated as high as a P200 so I have been told but I don't kno=
w
for
> > certain).
>
> Depends what you're doing with it. I would say at best it is as fast as=
 a
> P166, but substantially worse for multimedia/games. But for a Linux
(without
> X) machine it is more than adequate.

If I can get away with running IPCOP on the Compaq Prolinea 590 then what=
 I
would like to do is
use the PR166 for testing different distros. If I ramp up the RAM to say
64MB, that should be good
enough for X shouldn't it?
>
>
> > It should have 32MB Ram but although the BIOS reports 32MB Windows
> > only sees 28MB so I am guessing that one of the two 16MB EDO Ram
> > sticks has a duff 4MB chip on it???
>
> I think it means the on-board video is using 4Mb - and in the BIOS you =
can
> tell it to use less if you want.

I will certainly check the BIOS settings Steve, thanks for the tip :o) (t=
his
is what I love about
the list, there is ALWAYS somebody who knows what you need to know)
>
> Does the box have a "VMT" sticker on the back by any chance? LOL

I had a look, couldn't see one. I bought it from the computer fair a coup=
le
of weeks ago for =A325.
Seemed a reasonable deal for what I had in mind... Before I obliterated t=
he
Windows 98
that was installed on it, everything seemed to be registered to a "Miss V.
Geary".... Hmmm,
stirs the imagination doesn't it? (lol)
>
>
> > Out of interest, I also have a Compaq Prolinea 590 machine (a 586
machine)
> > with 16MB Ram and a 600MB hard drive. Would this be sufficient to
> > run IPCop?
>
> Yes.

Is IPCop memory intensive, processor intensive or would you say I/O
intensive and what would you
say is the minimum hard drive space required? All I would use the box for=
 is
firewalling, I would run my proxy server
on a separate machine so literally this box will do nothing except firewa=
ll
and intrusion detection... Thanks again Steve
I have found your advice to be very useful indeed....
>
> Steve
>
>
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