Re: Debian PC Requirements

[Ron Reinhart <ronreinhart@snet.net>]

 >It requires at least  a 386 to run. The kernel  of the GNU/Linux system
> (Linux) is a 32  bit kernel and 386 is the start  of 32 bit chips from
> Intel.

I hate to date myself so badly but it seems to me that professors where running
Linux on 8088's and 8086's around 1990 or so before 32bit Intel chips.  I was
running OS9 on a CoCo3 at the time so I can't say from my own experience.
Regards,
Ron




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