[OFFTOPIC] Re: 286 & Linux

Tim Smith (tzs@tzs.net)
Fri, 30 Oct 1998 02:14:49 -0800 (PST)


On 29 Oct 1998, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> > Anybody know if the kernel will boot up on an old 286 with a 486 upgrade?
>
> It should.

Depends on how the upgrade was done...I recently bought an extremely amusing
book of real live tech support incidents, and one truly awsome one involved a
user who was calling to see if he needed a new BIOS because his computer would
not boot after he unsoldered the 286 and soldered in a 486, soldering pins
together as needed to make it fit!

"Tales from the Tech Line" is the name of the book.

--Tim Smith

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