From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 20 16:41:33 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id QAA19638 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 20 Feb 1996 16:41:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from baygull.rtd.com (baygull.rtd.com [198.102.68.5]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id QAA19632 for ; Tue, 20 Feb 1996 16:41:30 -0800 (PST) Received: (from news@localhost) by baygull.rtd.com (8.6.9/8.6.9.1) id RAA05745; Tue, 20 Feb 1996 17:41:13 -0700 To: questions@freebsd.org Path: freefall.freebsd.org!owner-freebsd-questions From: dwalton@psiint.com (Dave Walton) Newsgroups: rtd.freebsd.questions Subject: Re: FreeBSD and a 286? Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 15:16:13 -0800 (PST) Lines: 23 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: seagull.rtd.com 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 ==========================================================================