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- From: wirzeniu@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Lars Wirzenius)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: How to test a computer for Linux-ableness?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug22.085923.14416@klaava.Helsinki.FI>
- Date: 22 Aug 92 08:59:23 GMT
- References: <603@trux.UUCP>
- Organization: University of Helsinki
- Lines: 11
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- car@trux.UUCP (Chris Rende) writes:
- >Are there any tests that I can run on my computer to see whether or not
- >Linux will run on my system? (WITHOUT loading Linux itself).
- >(Cache test, AMD386/40 test, etc...)
-
- Is there a problem with booting up Linux on a floppy with it, and then
- doing non-destructive tests with the hard disk etc (something like (cat
- /dev/hda1 | wc or something)?
-
- --
- Lars.Wirzenius@helsinki.fi
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