Re: minimum hardware for Postgresql Install

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