Re: RAM distribution catch-22, 2 old P1 generation PCs

[Jens Ropers <ropers_(_at_)_ropersonline_(_dot_)_com>]

Many thanks for your reply and suggestions -- only this had me somewhat 
puzzled:

On 14 Feb 2005, at 01:17, Stuart Henderson wrote:

> With enough RAM that you don't need to swap, and switching off the
> HD at idle (and reducing crontab) or replacing it with 8-16mb CF and
> an IDE adapter) you would significantly drop power use and increase
> the firewall's life expectancy than using normal HD.

If I'm not misunderstanding you, you're proposing that I use a Compact 
Flash card in lieu of an actual hard drive? Surely 8-16MB can't be 
enough for an OpenBSD 3.6 install? Or are you proposing using custom 
kernel?

cheers,
-- ropers