Re: Debian 1.3.1 (Bo) ISO files

From: Michelle Konzack (linux4michelle_at_freenet.de)
Date: 11/28/05

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    Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 14:59:46 +0100
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    Am 2005-11-25 09:17:36, schrieb Rogério Brito:

    > Heh, it's cool to have old hardware running well. :-) And not only that,
    > but it is also a good way of "benchmarking" the current programs (say,
    > glibc against libc4 or libc5).
    >
    > And building a (statically built, as you woulnd't probably want to mess
    > with installation of module-init-tools in such an old distribution) 2.6
    > kernel for such a beast would be nicem, if possible. :-)
    >
    > It's all a good learning exercise, to know the limits of our software
    > and hardware. :-)
    >
    > Such pet projects are indeed quite cool, IMVHO. :-) For instance, I have
    > an old PowerMac 8500/180MP here where, with a slow (SCSI) disk, but
    > still alive. :-)
    >
    > Official support from its original manufacturer for such beast has ended
    > quite some ago, but it works perfectly with sarge, for instance. :-)

    I run a Toshiba T1950CT (486dx2/50) with 4+8 MByte of memory,
    a 3c589-Combo and for some days I have changed my gigantic :-)
    325 MByteHDD against a Hitachi Travelstar 20 GByte...

    Now, my SWAP is faster then the memory... :-P

    ...and the Laptop is around 20 times faster.

    > Regards, Rogério.

    Greetings
    Michelle 

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