On Fri, 6 Mar 1998, Tonetti.doc, R Tonetti wrote: : Hi everibody! : : I have got an Olivetti 8086, 1MB RAM, 100MB harddisk, 3.5" floppy. Do you : know of a BASIC version of Linux, RedHat or another U*ix dialect that I can : install on it? : Of course, I do not pretend super graphics, 64 virtual consoles &c... : : Please reply in English, French, German, Italian or Spanish (pick only one : choice ;-)) ). : : Cheers from N Italy! : : Roberto
Hmm, I used to have an Olivetti almost exactly like that. Unfortuntely, Linux (and most any other UNIX) requires at least a 386 class processor (yes, I know Linux runs on non-Intel platforms too :). So, your 8086 isn't going to run Linux at all. However, it may run Minix, which is quite basic. There was a version available via ftp - I'll have to scrounge around to see if I still have the ftp site. You could try a net search. -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet - 410 South Phillips Avenue - Sioux Falls, SD 57104 phone: (605) 334-4454 fax: (605) 335-1173 mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net PGP Key ID: 0xA33B86E9 - Public key available at keyservers PGP Key fingerprint: CE03 10AF 3281 1858 9D32 C2AB 936D C472 -- E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
