Have a look at this one too... <a href="http://zoollinux.org/moin.cgi/FrontPage">http://zoollinux.org/moin.cgi/FrontPage</a> <div>On 3/19/06, Ewan Mac Mahon <<a href="mailto:ewan@macmahon.me.uk">ewan@macmahon.me.uk</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> On Thu, Mar 16, 2006 at 12:12:43PM +0000, Thomas Beckett wrote: > > I have been asked if it is possible to create a linux boot floppy <snip> > The problem is that the machine it is to run on is an old leco > chemistry automation machine. This machine is based on a 286 (i think) If it is indeed a 286 then no Linux will run on it; the 286 lacks a hardware memory management unit, and Linux absolutely requires one[1]. > Does anybody know of any resources that might be able to help me? > Does it really have to be this computer that does the job? In the developed world at least it is often possible to acquire second hand pentium class machines for absolutely nothing - people are usually grateful you'll take them away; that would seem a simpler approach. Ewan [1] uCLinux doesn't, but it's not really Linux. It also seems to to have an x86 port. <<a href="http://www.uclinux.org/">http://www.uclinux.org/</a>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEHHHEy9yq6MKIKKQRAu75AJ9Qvp76R7OkDndq0HGujiKjSa68IwCgi+vn 0bLxGs55V05NaxLBWmOH6eo= =FXKZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users"> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div> -- ******************************************************** Yours Sincerely, Mehdi Hassanpour ---------------------------------------------------------------------- /* Of one Essence is the human race, Thusly has Creation put the Base; One Limb impacted is sufficient, For all Others to feel the Mace. ~Saadi (persian poet) -1258 */ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- <a href="http://ImPersian.com">http://ImPersian.com</a> | <a href="http://Hezardastan.org">http://Hezardastan.org </a> ********************************************************