Re: Linux on an 8086
Hi:
The inquiry below may well be better answered with Minix.
There was a project porting Linux to the 8086. As I recall, this was
intended to develop code for embedded projects.
Would someone post the name, please?
--David
On Fri, 6 Mar 1998, Nathan E Norman wrote:
> On Fri, 6 Mar 1998, Tonetti.doc, R Tonetti wrote:
>
> : Hi everibody!
> :
> : I have got an Olivetti 8086, 1MB RAM, 100MB harddisk, 3.5" floppy. Do you
> : know of a BASIC version of Linux, RedHat or another U*ix dialect that I can
> : install on it?
> : Of course, I do not pretend super graphics, 64 virtual consoles &c...
> :
> : Please reply in English, French, German, Italian or Spanish (pick only one
> : choice ;-)) ).
> :
> : Cheers from N Italy!
> :
> : Roberto
>
> Hmm, I used to have an Olivetti almost exactly like that. Unfortuntely,
> Linux (and most any other UNIX) requires at least a 386 class processor
> (yes, I know Linux runs on non-Intel platforms too :). So, your 8086
> isn't going to run Linux at all.
>
> However, it may run Minix, which is quite basic. There was a version
> available via ftp - I'll have to scrounge around to see if I still have
> the ftp site. You could try a net search.
>
> --
> Nathan Norman
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