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- From: jjk1@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (Konsultant Josh/fuzzy.happy.green.box)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: EISA bus machines
- Message-ID: <1992Aug22.225908.65853@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu>
- Date: 22 Aug 92 22:59:08 GMT
- Organization: Lehigh University
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- In article <BtE228.D6J@kingston.ac.uk>, cc_s525@kingston.ac.uk (Francis Bell) writes:
- >Hi Linuxers,
- > The FAQ says that Linux won't run on EISA machines. Can anyone
- >explain why, and suggest how difficult it would be to remedy ?
-
- The FAQ lies... (all due respect to FAQ maintainers :-)
-
- It's not that Linux will not RUN on an EISA machine, it's just that at
- current there is no real advantage to having EISA over ISA in regards
- to Linux. I believe at least one person is working on an EISA
- specific thing now though (a SCSI driver).
-
- You should just get ahold of the root/boot disk combination, and try
- booting up. If you can, and you can start fooling around, you're
- compatible (enough).
-
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