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- From: sl313028@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (The black guy.)
- Subject: Re: Linux on a 286?
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- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 07:22:21 GMT
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- In article <9211120618.AA01500@polar.bowdoin.edu> cwilbur@polar.bowdoin.edu (Charlton Wilbur) writes:
- >I haven't seen this in any documentation YET - maybe I'm looking in the wrong
- >places, but I'm trying to RTFM - but can Linux run on a 286-16? I don't care
- >about X.
- >
- >My hardware is
- > 80286 - 16 MHZ
- > 40 MB hard drive
- > one of each size HD floppy
- > 1 MB RAM
- >
- >Is it possible?
- no. it's a 32-bit operating system, and i'm afraid that your 286 is not
- (32-bit). (what am *i* afraid for??? (: )
- >
- >Charlton Wilbur
- >cwilbur@polar.bowdoin.edu
- jon madison
- sl313028@silver.ucs.indiana.edu
- >
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