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- From: fjh@munta.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Fergus James HENDERSON)
- Subject: Re: Recommendations for a PC to support Linux and X386
- Message-ID: <9224015.19465@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU>
- Keywords: Linux, X386, munlin
- Sender: news@cs.mu.OZ.AU
- Organization: Computer Science, University of Melbourne, Australia
- References: <1992Aug25.135712.28116@sbcs.sunysb.edu> <1582@idacrd.UUCP> <6080@vtserf.cc.vt.edu>
- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 05:39:50 GMT
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- tdunbar@vttcf.cc.vt.edu (Thomas Dunbar) writes:
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- > >is anyone keeping track of which machines Linux/X386 is known to run on?
- > i was for a while..wasnt enough demand/need to continue. hilites:
- > avoid DTK motherboards, get ide hd or one of the supported scsi,
- > et4000 based video for X (note the new X386 has a speedup mode
- > specifically for et4000 cards)
- > get a boot and root floppy to try out the machine if u wish.
-
- How can I get a boot floppy for linux?
-
- Would it be possible to download some DOS program that would create a boot
- floppy?
-
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- Fergus Henderson fjh@munta.cs.mu.OZ.AU
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