Re: 286 & Linux

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
Fri, 30 Oct 1998 18:48:03 -0800 (PST)


> On 30 Oct 1998, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>
> >Why not bring a floppy with a loaded initrd so you actually can get a
> >shell prompt and do a couple of operations?
>
> Why not also a parallel ZIP drive so you can run X too ;->>?
>
> Andrea Arcangeli

Actually, that's not as outrageous idea as it sounds... getting X to
work is one of the more painful things with Linux at the moment.

Of course, it's probably too painful to do on a showroom floor.

-hpa

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