Re: [Sheflug] Small operating system

[Craig Andrews <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Of course, Minix is always good! Works with ne2000 compatible network cards, 
so get one of those and you can have a multitasking, networked 286 in no time 
(YMMV :) Of course, you'll get no graphics, no productivity tools, and very 
few system tools, but for playing with operating systems and figuring out how 
they work, it's ideal.

However, get hold of a 386, and myriad versions of Linux are at your 
disposal. The two most commonly referenced small linuxes (plural??) are:

tomsrtbt  (http://www.toms.net/rb/)
    this is good for repairs and system checks, as well as for network use as 
long as no persistance of configuration is required (the config is on RAM 
disk, which is wiped out each boot)

mulinux   (http://sunsite.dk/mulinux/)
    this is a complete desktop environment, including X, gcc, netscape, and 
all kinds of other stuff. It is bootable off 2 or more floppies (depending on 
the optional extras you choose) and can be installed to hdd.

HTH

Craig

On Sunday 09 June 2002 15:34, you exclaimed:
> On Sun, 2002-06-09 at 15:07, Douglas G Mckendrick wrote:
> > I have just acquired a 286 so am setting it up under linux.  Cheers.
>
> I'm afraid Linux doesn't work at all with 286's, Doug - they don't have
> the memory management unit available. You can get 'forms' of Linux for
> such machines - ELKS would probably run on it - but it's almost
> definitely not worth the hassle (it won't run standard software).
>
> Cheers,
>
> Alex.

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