From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 20 15:16:38 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id PAA13432 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 20 Feb 1996 15:16:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from psiint.com (vv.psiint.com [204.189.53.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id PAA13417 for ; Tue, 20 Feb 1996 15:16:27 -0800 (PST) Received: by psiint.com (8.6.12/4.03) id PAA63610; Tue, 20 Feb 1996 15:16:13 -0800 Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 15:16:13 -0800 (PST) From: Dave Walton To: Terry Lambert cc: Jaykork@aol.com, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD and a 286? In-Reply-To: <199602202107.OAA15721@phaeton.artisoft.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 20 Feb 1996, Terry Lambert wrote: > > Hi there, I have a DEC 286 VaxMate computer, is there any way that I can run > > FreeBSD unix on it? If not, can you suggest a flavor of UNIX that will run on > > the 286? > Minix (you might find an older copy of the Tannenbaum book with a disk) Hmmm... I may just have a set of Minix disks laying around here somewhere. If someone can tell me how to make disk images from them, I'd be glad to mail the images to anyone who really needs a 286 unix. Dave ========================================================================== David Walton Programmer PSI INTERNATIONAL, Inc. email: dwalton@psiint.com 190 South Orchard #C200 Fax :(707)451-6484 Vacaville, CA 95688 Phone:(707)451-3503 ==========================================================================