Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 20:14:23 +0200 (CEST) From: Joachim Jaeckel <Joachim.Jaeckel@d.kamp.net> To: "M.R.Murphy" <mrm@Mole.ORG> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, shovey@buffnet.net, griffin@oswego.edu Subject: Re: Older Intel x86 Message-ID: <XFMail.970829201654.Joachim.Jaeckel@d.kamp.net> In-Reply-To: <199708291357.GAA06603@meerkat.mole.org>
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On 29-Aug-97 M.R.Murphy wrote:
>>
>> > Is there a version of FreeBSD that will run on an older Intel x86
>> > machine? 80286 or lower? With minimal amounts of memory. Perhaps an
>> > early version of FreeBSD? The only information that I can find pertains
>> > to versions 2+ which apparently require a 80386 or higher.
>>
>> The only 'nix I know of that will run on a 286 is the old coherent.
>>
>
>Xenix and Microport SV/AT run on '286. Also PC/IX IIRC. Microport SV/AT
>is a reasonable implementation of SVR2. You might also consider Minix.
I've heard that they tried to port LINUX ('cuse me :-) to a 8086.
For further information about "Linux/ELKS for 8086" (I think that's the name
of it) try to contact http://www.linux.org
Ciao, Joachim.
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