Subj : Re: unixs on a 386
To   : David Drummond
From : Charles Angelich
Date : Wed Nov 28 2001 10:49 pm

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Hello David - 

DD>>> I just happen to have 8 x 4Mb 30pin SIMMs in my junk box
DD>>> somewhere. 

CA>> Never saw a 386 that accepted SIMMS. I have been referring
CA>> to an install into a typical 386, not one with 32 meg or
CA>> gigabyte hard drives. 

DD> Typical 386s here have used SIMMS. 

Typical IBM, Compaq, or ??? 

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CA>> The ZIPSlack install isn't one of those `trick' installs
CA>> that is all compressed files. Does a Toms-root-boot trick
CA>> to get going then mounts a 500 meg partition and
CA>> uncompresses into that? If it is one of those it's not
CA>> relevant to what the 386 will be able to do. 

DD> Zipslack is a large (35Mb) zipfile one just unzips onto
DD> one's FAT formatted harddrive (or ZIP disk). 

How does it bootup? 

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