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- From: terry@npd.Novell.COM (Terry Lambert)
- Subject: Re: Installing 386BSD-0.1 ? (Q)
- Message-ID: <1992Jul27.170602.1733@gateway.novell.com>
- Keywords: 386BSD install
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- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 17:06:02 GMT
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- In article <5356@ucsbcsl.ucsb.edu> 9531mide@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Curt A. Mideiros) writes:
- >I obtained the two files, "rawrite.exe" and "dist.fs" from
- >agate.berkeley.edu (via ftp-binary xfer). I then ran rawrite to
- >transfer a bootable image to a 1.44MB formatted floppy disk. The
- >problem is, that it doesn't seem to boot. I'm using a PS/2 Model 70
- >w/ 8M ram and 120MB HD, with an 8514 adapter. Is there a hardware
- >compatiblity problem with PS/2's ??
-
- No, 386BSD will not boot on a PS/2. It would require a seperate binary, and
- a lot of work on MCA drivers.
-
- Terry Lambert
- terry_lambert@gateway.novell.com
- terry@icarus.weber.edu
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