Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 00:17:30 +1000 From: phil grainger <gdr@sphynx.com.au> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Free BSD for i286 Message-ID: <3.0.2.32.19971214001730.006e726c@pop.sphynx.com.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971213000547.5230A-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971212233825.25529D-100000@subcellar.mwci.net>
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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 > >
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