Re: Informix running on Linux

Posted in 1997

Tim Schaefer — Fri, 02 May 1997 17:33:19 -0400 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Todd Graham Lewis wrote: > > On Fri, 2 May 1997, Tim Schaefer wrote: > > > You can boot it on an old 386, or dare I say an old 286 machine, with > > probably 8 MB memory. > > Yes on 386, no on 286 (Alan Cox is working on it). And Linux on a 386/16 > will boot with 2MB of memory, although you have to have 4MB actually to > run the shell & some utils. 8^) (8MB is the preferred minimum config, > although this is not too onerous.) > > -- > Todd Graham Lewis Linux! Core Engineering > MindSpring Enterprises tlewis@mindspring.com (800) 719 4664, x2804 Thanks Todd. I knew it was a stretch to suggest it. Your confirmation is most appreciated. Your final figures suggest a kernel that takes up less memory than NT 4.0. I wonder if there's any value here. :-) Tim -- Tim Schaefer \\\\|// tschaefe@mindspring.com (6 6) ------------------------oOOo---( )---o00o--------- http://www.mindspring.com/~tschaefe http://www.inxutil.com ( http://207.69.204.52 )