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- From: ted@usasoc.soc.mil (Ted Nolan)
- Subject: Gateway 2000 problems?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec11.215721.10579@usasoc.soc.mil>
- Organization: SRI International, Ft. Bragg NC
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- Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 21:57:21 GMT
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- Hello folks,
-
- After getting some positive responses on the message I posted a few days ago
- about "How useful is 386BSD?", I've about decided to go for it. However,
- one of the messages I got mentioned some problems with Gateway 2000 systems,
- which is one of the choices I have been strongly considering for my home
- computer.
-
- We happened to have a Gateway 2000 486DX-33 sitting in our lab, so I took
- the dist-fs floppy from the bootables directory and tried it out: no
- dice. I also tried the new dist-fs from the unofficial/terry/new-bootables
- area on agate, but that didn't work either. I think the floppy is OK, because
- I have tried it on another system here and it booted fine.
-
- Does this mean I have to stop considering Gateway, or does someone know what
- the problem is (and have a fix!)? Also, if so, does anyone know if xfree86
- will work on the Gateway localbus VGA?
-
-
- Thanks,
-
- Ted Nolan
- ted@usasoc.soc.mil
-