Linux-Hams archive - November 1997: Re: Stability question

Re: Stability question

=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Thomas_M=F8rch?= (qjew.xoidiou@ad-net.cz)
Tue, 4 Nov 1997 01:55:07 +0100


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> Fra: Mike Bilow <rwlif.fsujrwrwq@bigltd.co.uk>
> Til: owyr.rjdpug@studiel.com
> Emne: Stability question
> Dato: 3. november 1997 17:24
>
<SNIP>
> I don't know your regulatory and technical limitations, but you could
always
> set up the machine at your house or some other convenient place for a
month or
> so and test its reliability experimentally before moving it to the BBS
site.
>

Yes I know that this could be done... But, then no one could connect to the
BBS (I'm living out in the middle of nowhere land, and can't hear the BBS
where it is now :)

<SNIP>
> You will need at least 16 MB to get this machine operating properly, with
at
> least 32 MB swap space. The 486DX-66 is adequate for general operation,
but
> can make certain kinds of maintenance (such as recompiling the kernel)
> uncomfortably time consuming. The innd process can require a great deal
of
> memory depending upon what you ask of it, perhaps on the order of 64-128
MB RAM
> if you load it heavily.

Hmm... Maybe we should dump the inn server (it's not necessary right now).

I know that compiling a kernel take quite some time on a 486dx-66mhz, it's
the thing i use for linux here.... But recompiling the kernel, is not a
thing you do every day.
And could be done on a faster machine, and then transportet to the BBS
machine in some way..

- Thomas - OZ2AFO