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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!caen!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!uknet!EU.net!uunet!news.delphi.com!usenet From: John Dyson <dysonj@delphi.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: On a 286? Date: Fri, 10 Jun 94 22:08:00 -0500 Organization: Delphi (info@delphi.com email, 800-695-4005 voice) Lines: 12 Message-ID: <Ra6ufBI.dysonj@delphi.com> References: <2ta9md$ms@atlas.cs.upei.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: bos1b.delphi.com X-To: Shelley Halliday <shallida@atlas.cs.upei.ca> Shelley Halliday <shallida@atlas.cs.upei.ca> writes: > Would it be possible to run FreeBSD/XFree86 (or are they the same?) >on a 286 box with 2meg? I'm not looking to use it as my primary OS, I want It might be dissappointing to you -- but none of the *BSD OSes that I know of will run on a 286. They are all *very* dependant on the 32bit address space (flat) and paging abilities. The *BSDs are really worth a 486 -- they are really nice. John dyson@implode.root.com