| From: | Einar Karttunen <ekarttun(at)cs(dot)Helsinki(dot)FI> |
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| To: | Frank Joerdens <frank(at)joerdens(dot)de> |
| Cc: | Michael <mwaples(at)waples(dot)net>, <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: minimum hardware for Postgresql Install |
| Date: | 2001-08-07 10:48:40 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.4.33.0108071346510.23187-100000@melkinpaasi.cs.Helsinki.FI |
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On Tue, 7 Aug 2001, Frank Joerdens wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 08:25:49PM +1000, Michael wrote:
> > Whats the minimum hardware anyone has installed Postgresql on ?
> > Someone is thowing out some old pc's and thought I might make use of
> > one.
>
> I tried once to compile some 6.x.x version of Postgresql on a 486SX with
> 33 Mhz and 8 MB RAM. This was a little too painful I thought to be
> considered OK. Anything better than that (more RAM in particular) should
> work though (my experience). A 486DX 66 with 16 MB worked fine for me.
>
You should probably compile it with a better machine, then you can run it
in your low-end machine. Remember to specify the correct machine-type
flags for gcc.
- Einar Karttunen
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