Subj : unixs on a 386
To   : Charles Angelich
From : David Drummond
Date : Wed Dec 05 2001 01:53 pm

Charles

04 Dec 01 09:39, Charles Angelich wrote to David Drummond:

 CA>>> btw: You might want to read the message from John Coombes
 CA>>> about installing ZipSlack on a 386. 

 DD>> I already have. He is not entirely correct. I installed it
 DD>> on a 386SX via diskettes without removing the haddrive to a
 DD>> more powerful machine. 

 CA> That does not mean he isn't correct, it means your machine
 CA> managed to do something his machine refused to do. I guess the
 CA> question now would be whose experiences are most likely to dupe
 CA> the average user with a 386? 

John's problem was a DOS error - according to the report he gave. 

What version of DOS was he using? Did he know how to increase the default 
filehandles if necessary?

Regards,
David

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