Re: linux

["David B.Teague" <dbt@cs.wcu.edu>]

On Tue, 20 Apr 1999, Avril Dieno wrote:

> Hi, My name is Leland Dieno and I am looking for a program like linux
> for my older 286. I really don't know much about computers so if you can
> help me that would be great!

Avril,

Linux does not and cannot run on a 286. 

You have only a few choices to the best of my knowledge. You can
run some free DOS with the UN*X like tools that run on the 8088,
hence on the 286, or you can try ELKS which is (as I recall) for
embedded systems, but has some of the things that make Linux nice
in its tool set. 

The 286 doesn't support paging, nor much of the memory management
that the 386 and successors do.  The 286 was not a great chip,
though I ran one with Microport's UNIX System V.2 for several years.

If worst comes to worst, you can join the Minix folk. Minix is
very Unix like and has versions that run on everything from the
8088 up.

I hope someone has a better answer.

--David Teague
David Teague, dbt@cs.wcu.edu
Debian GNU/Linux Because software support should be free, timely,
                 useful, technically accurate, and friendly.
                        (Thanks guys!)

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