From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 29 06:59:03 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id GAA04610 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 29 Aug 1997 06:59:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mole.mole.org (marmot.mole.org [204.216.57.191]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id GAA04599 for ; Fri, 29 Aug 1997 06:58:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from mail@localhost) by mole.mole.org (8.6.12/8.6.12) id NAA15370; Fri, 29 Aug 1997 13:57:50 GMT Received: from meerkat.mole.org(206.197.192.110) by mole.mole.org via smap (V1.3) id sma015368; Fri Aug 29 13:57:31 1997 Received: (from mrm@localhost) by meerkat.mole.org (8.6.11/8.6.9) id GAA06603; Fri, 29 Aug 1997 06:57:31 -0700 Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 06:57:31 -0700 From: "M.R.Murphy" Message-Id: <199708291357.GAA06603@meerkat.mole.org> To: griffin@oswego.edu, shovey@buffnet.net Subject: Re: Older Intel x86 Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > > Is there a version of FreeBSD that will run on an older Intel x86 > > machine? 80286 or lower? With minimal amounts of memory. Perhaps an > > early version of FreeBSD? The only information that I can find pertains > > to versions 2+ which apparently require a 80386 or higher. > > The only 'nix I know of that will run on a 286 is the old coherent. > Xenix and Microport SV/AT run on '286. Also PC/IX IIRC. Microport SV/AT is a reasonable implementation of SVR2. You might also consider Minix. -- Mike Murphy mrm@Mole.ORG +1 619 598 5874 Better is the enemy of Good