Doctor John <doc### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> You're probably right about going the linux route but which kernel? I
> know for certain that it won't run 2.6.22 :-))

  How do you know that?

  The linux kernel developers have somewhat of a friendly competition with
the NetBSD developers about who supports the most platforms. (NetBSD
supports over 54 hardware platforms, comprising around 17 different
processor architectures. The Linux 2.6 kernel supports even more than
this, although any single Linux distro supports less.)

  I would be surprised if the Linux 2.6 kernel wouldn't support old 386's.
(Just because the kernel can use features of newer processors doesn't
necessarily mean it cannot be compiled for older ones.)

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                                                          - Warp

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