[CLUE-Tech] Linux on i386

[Lawrence Layman]

I have lost track of the origins of this thread. Is the person asking a masochist?
Or would he prefer a DX2 board with CPU and 16 Mb installed? I'll give him one.

Lawrence Layman (llayman at qwest.com)

Sean LeBlanc wrote:

> On 01-25 07:57, ian wrote:
> > I don't believe Linux (any version) is supported on the 386sx chip.  I thought
> > it had to be a full blown 386 or better?
>
> FWIW, FreeBSD supports the 386sx. It says this in the 4.4 hardware notes:
>
> FreeBSD for the i386 currently runs on a wide variety of ISA, VLB, EISA,
> MCA and PCI bus based PC's, ranging from 386sx to Pentium 4 class machines
> (though the 386sx is not recommended).
>
> However, I think you need at least 5M to install and 4M to run.
>
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