Nathan wrote: > Is there a way I can get Linux to work on my old 286? Yes. Go check out ELKS (http://linuxorg.bridgend.cymru.net/ELKS-Home/) It's still under development, but they have a shell and even an editor or two now. For a more mature unix system for your 286, you can try minix. -- see shy jo -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to debian-devel-request@lists.debian.org . Trouble? e-mail to templin@bucknell.edu .