[Preston] RE: memory

John preston at mailman.lug.org.uk
Wed Nov 6 23:49:01 2002


Thanks Phil, will do....
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Edwards" <philedwards33@hotmail.com>
To: <preston@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 11:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Preston] RE: memory


> Checking the IPCop site, the minimum spec is a 386 with 8Mb of RAM and
100Mb
> HD so yes, your Compaq is more than adequate (and some would argue
> overspecified) for the job. Check it out at:
>
> http://www.ipcop.org/cgi-bin/twiki/view/IPCop/IPCopHCLv01
>
> Have fun
> Phil
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John" <john.rushe@btinternet.com>
> To: <preston@mailman.lug.org.uk>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 8:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [Preston] RE: memory
>
>
> > Thanks everyone for the IPCop info... I intend to crack on with it again
> > some time this week time permitting ....
> >
> >
> > Hi Mathew,
> >
> > 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 know
for
> > certain). 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??? There is also a 3GB hard drive... I had
intended
> to
> > use it as my IPCop machine....
> >
> > 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?
> >
> > Thanks for your help
> >
> > John
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Matthew Field" <m.l.field@ntlworld.com>
> > To: <preston@mailman.lug.org.uk>
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 11:32 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Preston] RE: memory
> >
> >
> > > At 11:56 02/11/2002, you wrote:
> > >
> > > >For "do RAM" it should of course read "EDO RAM"....
> > > >
> > > >Does anybody know where I can get my hands on some do RAM? I could
use
> > > >some for my IBM/Cyrix 6x86...
> > >
> > > Is this for the IPCOP box? How much does it have anyway? It doesn't
need
> > much.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > >
> > > Matthew
> > >
> >
> >
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