Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 03:58:35 -0500 (EST) From: Michael Graffam <mgraffam@mhv.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Free BSD for i286 Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.95q.971213035152.32185A-100000@spice.mhv.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971213000547.5230A-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org>
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> 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. I've run Minix (1.7.*) on a 286 with 1M of RAM and a 20M HD quite happily. By the time 2.0.0 was available, I had already put my 286 to rest. If you can live with 64k of code plus 64k of data for executables, a 286 with Minix makes a fine little system, in my opinion. On the other hand, c'mon guys.. you can pick up a mid-sized 386 for peanuts. Better to spend the $70. Michael Graffam (mgraffam@mhv.net) http://www.mhv.net/~mgraffam - Religion, Philosophy, Computers, etc "..subordination of one sex to the other is wrong in itself, and now one of the chief hindrances to human improvement.." John Stuart Mill "The Subjection of Women"
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