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From: jmonroy@netcom.com (Jesus Monroy Jr)
Subject: Re: 386BSD on a cheap PC
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Date: Mon, 17 Jan 1994 11:01:38 GMT
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Boris Ivanovic (bivanovi@thunder.LakeheadU.Ca) wrote:

:   I have a 386/25 with a 80 MB hard drive.  It seems to me that this system
: is too lowsy to use 386BSD. Am I correct?
: I have the whole system, and unless I did something wrong, full expansion
: is 60MB...
:
	Lowsy is relative.... I think to "not too well".  In which case,
	your machine should be okay for 386bsd, but only run it not 
	compile many of the sources (especially the kernel).

	A 90meg HD will scratch you by for a new kernel though.

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Jesus Monroy Jr                                          jmonroy@netcom.com
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