From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Dec 13 06:15:58 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id GAA25293 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 13 Dec 1997 06:15:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from m1.gdr.net.au (root@dub075.pronet.net.au [203.34.103.75]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id GAA25287 for ; Sat, 13 Dec 1997 06:15:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gdr@sphynx.com.au) Received: from right.gdr.net.au (funguys@right.gdr.net.au [192.168.0.2]) by m1.gdr.net.au (8.8.7/8.8.5) with SMTP id AAA04574 for ; Sun, 14 Dec 1997 00:17:06 +1000 (EST) Message-Id: <3.0.2.32.19971214001730.006e726c@pop.sphynx.com.au> X-Sender: gdr@pop.sphynx.com.au X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.2 (32) Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 00:17:30 +1000 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: phil grainger Subject: Re: Free BSD for i286 In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk i can't believe ppl still want to lame stuff like this ... how are freeware o/s's ever supposed to evolve if ppl only wanna use them to save $40-50 ? catcha phil At 12:07 AM 12/13/97 -0800, you wrote: >On Fri, 12 Dec 1997, Jesse D. Walters wrote: > >> The 286 is a 16 bit processor, which will not run with most 32-bit based >> unix workstation, you might want to check out mini-linux, that runs from >> dos. you can check it out at www.linux.org or www.ssc.com. >[...] >> > Which version of FreeBSD can be run on : >> > 286-12MHz, 1MbRAM, 40Mb HDD, MonoEGA >> > Or may be another unix-compatible OS. >> > I cannot find anything during last 2 years. > >There's always the (8 bit version of?) minix, which btw will run on an >original IBM pc, but you'd be much better with some sort of 386. Even if >you had a 386sx upgrade in there you'd need much more than 1mb ram and >40mb hdd space. > >- alex > >