286

[Jeremy C. Reed]

On 12 Jun 2003, Bryce C wrote:

> That sounds like a good trivia question, not that I know the anwer. What
> was the last kernel to officially compile for the 286?

No true Linux runs on a 286. It needs 32 bit with 386 special protected
modes. 80286 is limited to 64K (versus 4GB) memory segments (paragraphs).
And 286 doesn't support paging. Also, I don't think GCC supports 286.

ELKS (Embeddable Linux Kernel Subset) can run on a 8086 (and 80286). ELKS
provides basic UNIX V7 functionality.

 http://elks.sourceforge.net/

Also look at old minix or xenix for 286.

   Jeremy C. Reed
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