From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Dec 13 00:58:40 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id AAA06668 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 13 Dec 1997 00:58:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from mhv.net (mgraffam@spice.mhv.net [199.0.0.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id AAA06663 for ; Sat, 13 Dec 1997 00:58:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mgraffam@mhv.net) Received: from localhost (mgraffam@localhost) by mhv.net (8.8.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id DAA32581 for ; Sat, 13 Dec 1997 03:58:37 -0500 Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 03:58:35 -0500 (EST) From: Michael Graffam To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Free BSD for i286 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > 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"