Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 00:07:43 -0800 (PST) From: Alex <garbanzo@hooked.net> To: "Jesse D. Walters" <jwalt@subcellar.mwci.net> Cc: Andrey Chapurin <chapurin@mail.convey.ru>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Free BSD for i286 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971213000547.5230A-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971212233825.25529D-100000@subcellar.mwci.net>
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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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