From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Riley Williams" Subject: RE: hi all.. Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2003 20:26:06 +0100 Sender: linux-8086-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: References: <20030709174856.10562.qmail@web11503.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20030709174856.10562.qmail@web11503.mail.yahoo.com> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Fname Lname , Linux-8086@Vger.Kernel.Org Hi Robert. >> I am working in a embedded development company. My boss >> asked me about porting of Linux to 386 machine with the >> features he wants. Can u help with the details. >> Sure... >> >> 1. Pick a Linux distribution at random. > Since someone else also mentioned *BSD then may I > suggest: Minix? http://www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/minix.html > > Ran me first internet accessible web server on an old > 386/20mhz with 2meg of ram & a 20 meg drive. Still > have it. Still runs. That's certainly an option providing one can satisfy the Minix licence. > I also fool around with ELKS on me ole' Tandy 1000A. > It runs, more or less, although I do not yet have it > working on the hard drive. I used to have one, but it went belly up just before I first came across ELKS so I never had a chance to try it out on that machine. > Oh. One more thing - >> ..., nothing as ugly as a frown. > - Really? Have you seen Elks developer here>'s source code lately? > > ( Sorry. I tried SO hard not to. Just couldn't help > myself. ) I've seen some pretty ugly source code, including some I've written myself at times, but I still feel the above claim of mine is correct. Best wishes from Riley. --- * Nothing as pretty as a smile, nothing as ugly as a frown. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.498 / Virus Database: 297 - Release Date: 8-Jul-2003