7 Dec
1998
7 Dec
'98
10:55 a.m.
< Just to refresh my memory on Linux since I'm just now getting into
< looking at it, just exactly what machines work well with it, and with
< what versions/vareities for each? I have tons of machines from IBM 5170
< AT's, PS/2's of all sorts, other 286 and 386 machines, etc and I'm
< looking at possibly selling off the useful ones that will use Linux as
< cheap as I can to get some room to walk around here.
For the 8086 and 286 class machines look into MINIX V2.0 and for the 386
and up most linux versions (they may not support specific hardware
like some oddball video and disks though).
Allison
7 Dec
7 Dec
12:08 p.m.
< Just to refresh my memory on Linux since I'm
just now getting into
< looking at it, just exactly what machines work well with it, and with
< what versions/vareities for each? I have tons of machines from IBM 5170
< AT's, PS/2's of all sorts, other 286 and 386 machines, etc and I'm
< looking at possibly selling off the useful ones that will use Linux as
< cheap as I can to get some room to walk around here.
For the 8086 and 286 class machines look into MINIX V2.0 and for the 386
and up most linux versions (they may not support specific hardware
like some oddball video and disks though).
Question, isn't Minix on the x86 platform still a commercial product? I
know the versions for stuff such as the Atari I believe are now free, but I
thought you still had to buy the x86 version.
If I'm mistaken, where can you get it :^)
I believe there is finally MicroChannel support for the PS/2's, but I've
never even powered on the one PS/2 I've got. One of these days I'll
probably throw an old version of OS/2 on it.
Zane
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12:36 p.m.
Well, you can always buy the latest edition of
'Operating Systems, Design
and Implementation'. That's Tannenbaum's book on Minix (and other OSs),
and it includes Minix 2.0 (I think) on CD-ROM. It's not _that_ expensive.
Yes, but if you've got an older copy of the book, it becomes a bit to
expensive for my tastes, since there are lots of other books that are less
expensive that I'd rather have. If I really wanted to run Minix, I could
get a version for one of the other platforms, as I've seen them available
for FTP, just haven't seen the x86 version.
Zane
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