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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!hp9000.csc.cuhk.hk!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!icd.ab.com!tinman.mke.ab.com!tdphette From: tdphette@mke.ab.com (Thad Phetteplace x4461) Subject: Re: Feedback: How low can 386bsd go? Message-ID: <1992Dec2.152845.12915@tinman.mke.ab.com> Sender: usenet@tinman.mke.ab.com (NetNews server account) Nntp-Posting-Host: toejam Organization: Allen-Bradley Co. X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4 References: <1992Dec2.060416.8279@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1992 15:28:45 GMT Lines: 23 alaroy@nyx.cs.du.edu (Andrew LaRoy) writes: : Sorry if my last attempt made it onto the net. It was posted somewhere : but evidently not here. Why won't post and pico cooperate? : : Anyway, I am wondering if there is any chance of getting 386bsd : running on a 386dx, 25 mhz with a single 89 meg hard drive : and 2 meg ram. I am ccurrenty using about 30 meg of ms-dos stuff : (sorry about sp above - lousy editor) that I would like to keep along : with msdos. I'm thinking of bsd mainly as a learning tool for unix. Your hardware should be sufficient to run 386BSD. Adding more RAM would definetely be a good idea. With Only 2MB your system will end up paging a lot. -- Thad Phetteplace Network Systems Analyst, Allen-Bradley Co. Phone: (414)382-4461 Email: tdphette@mke.ab.com The opinions expressed here are entirely my own and not that of my employer. I am not a slob, I am simply doing an experiment in domestic entropy!