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From: tdphette@mke.ab.com (Thad Phetteplace x4461)
Subject: Re: Feedback:  How low can 386bsd go?
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alaroy@nyx.cs.du.edu (Andrew LaRoy) writes:
: Sorry if my last attempt made it onto the net.  It was posted somewhere
: but evidently not here.  Why won't post and pico cooperate?
: 
: Anyway, I am wondering if there is any chance of getting 386bsd
: running on a 386dx, 25 mhz with a single 89 meg hard drive
: and 2 meg ram.  I am ccurrenty using about 30 meg of ms-dos stuff
: (sorry about sp above - lousy editor) that I would like to keep along
: with msdos.  I'm thinking of bsd mainly as a learning tool for unix.

Your hardware should be sufficient to run 386BSD.  Adding more RAM would
definetely be a good idea.  With Only 2MB your system will end up paging
a lot.   

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Thad Phetteplace
Network Systems Analyst, Allen-Bradley Co.
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The opinions expressed here are entirely my own and not that of my employer.
I am not a slob, I am simply doing an experiment in domestic entropy!