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Date:      Tue, 20 Feb 1996 23:17:45 -0500 (EST)
From:      Will Mitayai Keeso Rowe <mitayai@dreaming.org>
To:        Dave Walton <dwalton@psiint.com>
Cc:        Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>, Jaykork@aol.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD and a 286?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960220231608.25389H-100000@dreamlabs.dreaming.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.A32.3.91.960220151119.44428B-100000@vv.psiint.com>

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On Tue, 20 Feb 1996, Dave Walton wrote:

> Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 15:16:13 -0800 (PST)
> From: Dave Walton <dwalton@psiint.com>
> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
> Cc: Jaykork@aol.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: FreeBSD and a 286?
> 
> On Tue, 20 Feb 1996, Terry Lambert wrote:
> 
> > > Hi there, I have a DEC 286 VaxMate computer, is there any way that I can run
> > > FreeBSD unix on it? If not, can you suggest a flavor of UNIX that will run on
> > > the 286?
> 
> > Minix (you might find an older copy of the Tannenbaum book with a disk)
> 
> Hmmm...  I may just have a set of Minix disks laying around here 
> somewhere.  If someone can tell me how to make disk images from them, I'd 
> be glad to mail the images to anyone who really needs a 286 unix.
> 
i think this wil work....

stick the disk in your FreeBSD box and

dd if=/dev/rfd0.1440 of=disk1.img

(insert appropriate floppy device)

:)

sure, i'd love a copy. :)

-Mit

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   Will Mitayai Keeso Rowe at DreamLabs Community Information Network
              Toronto/Peterborough/Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
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                       Email: mitayai@dreaming.org




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