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Could you run Linux on a 286? Back in the day I remember there being a project called “elks”, the embedabble Linux kernel, which attempted to achieve that, but
by Nursie 5y ago
Could you run Linux on a 286?
Back in the day I remember there being a project called “elks”, the embedabble Linux kernel, which attempted to achieve that, but it wasn’t a ‘full’ Linux IIRC.
(Edit - looks like ELKS is still with us, primarily aimed at 8086 - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embeddable_Linux_Kernel_Subset https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embeddable_Linux_Kernel_Subs... )
- zh3 5y ago386 was the first x86 linux would run on (because the 286 memory management was...interesting). We did plenty of custom systems on linux 0.99/1.01, typically with 386/16's and 4Mb RAM (seeing off quite a few SCO-based setups in the process).
- grishka 5y agoDoesn't Linux require an MMU for virtual memory, which the 286 doesn't have iirc?