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From: michaelv@iastate.edu (Michael L. VanLoon)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: On a 286?
Date: 13 Jun 94 03:45:33 GMT
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
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In <2ta9md$ms@atlas.cs.upei.ca> shallida@atlas.cs.upei.ca (Shelley Halliday) 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
>to look at it before I put anything on the 486 that'll hopefully be here
>soon.. Before I download x meg, could someone tell me if BSD or any other,
>free, Unix/clone will work on a 286?
It is not possible to run a modern demand-paged unix on a IBM-AT
compatible 286 machine.
(I don't want to hear about all the non-standard contortions that
might make it possible.)
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Michael L. VanLoon Iowa State University Computation Center
michaelv@iastate.edu Project Vincent Systems Staff
Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free Un*x for PC/Mac/Amiga/etc.
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