From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 24 17:31:03 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id RAA15413 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 24 Aug 1996 17:31:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freenet.hamilton.on.ca (main.freenet.hamilton.on.ca [199.212.94.65]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id RAA15399 for ; Sat, 24 Aug 1996 17:31:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca (james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca [199.212.94.66]) by freenet.hamilton.on.ca (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA00986; Sat, 24 Aug 1996 20:30:56 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from ac199@localhost) by james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca (8.7.5/8.7.3) id UAA09924; Sat, 24 Aug 1996 20:32:37 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 24 Aug 1996 20:32:37 -0400 (EDT) From: Tim Vanderhoek To: Chris Mcmurray cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD and 286 In-Reply-To: <45ADC055816@hal9000.flemingc.on.ca> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 24 Aug 1996, Chris Mcmurray wrote: > I know it sounds silly, but i have an old 286 I was given and I want to > run un*x on it. WHERE can I find a downloadable copy that I can run on > it? I know there must still be something around somewhere! You can try Minix 1.7.0, from somewhere on ftp.cs.vu.nl. Honestly, though, your best option is probably (nay, likely) to simply pick up a null modem cable, through DOS 5 and the DOS version of Kermit onto the computer and simply use the thing as a dumb terminal to your real computer (which is, of course) running FreeBSD. Setting it up as a dumb terminal is not really that much more complicated than stated above. Just make sure you check the number of pins either end of the cable will need (either nine, or some other number I can't remember). The handbook talks a little about it, too. FreeBSD will not run on a 286. -- Outnumbered? Maybe. Outspoken? Never! tIM...HOEk