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Date:      Sat, 13 Dec 1997 00:07:43 -0800 (PST)
From:      Alex <garbanzo@hooked.net>
To:        "Jesse D. Walters" <jwalt@subcellar.mwci.net>
Cc:        Andrey Chapurin <chapurin@mail.convey.ru>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Free BSD for i286
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971213000547.5230A-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971212233825.25529D-100000@subcellar.mwci.net>

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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




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