Re: Linux ==> PC 286

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From: Marc SCHAEFER
Date: Fri, 06 Aug 1999 00:00

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jean-christophe PACCHIANA <pacchian@club-internet.fr> wrote:
> I'm looking for old linux version for 286.

Linux, like many UNIXen, needs a MMU and flat address space to run.
UNIXen known to run on the 286 include Xenix (which is a full-featured
UNIX, but old and clumsy because of 64k segment limitations),
Minix (which is a research project and doesn't offer inter-process
protection), and Linux ELKS (which is a subset of a real Linux).

ELKS is a *new* project. Linux was developped for the 386 and better
processors. Only recently some people have tried to port the kernel
to the 286 architecture. Thus ELKS Linux is not mature, and is
probably good only for developpers.

> May you mail me it ( if it's not too big ! )

Try to locate the ELKS faq,
   http://www.linux.org/projects/ports.html

However to my knowledge this is a work in progress.

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