Re: minimum hardware for Postgresql Install

On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 01:48:40PM +0300, Einar Karttunen wrote:
> 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.

True.