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- From: ib09@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de (Thomas Koenig)
- Subject: Re: Linux on EISA? Yes!
- Message-ID: <1992Nov12.174643.27231@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>
- Sender: usenet@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de (USENET 'No news is bad news' News System)
- Organization: University of Karlsruhe, Germany
- References: <1992Nov12.114728.11235@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>
- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 17:46:43 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov12.114728.11235@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>, I wrote:
- > Is there a version of Linux which runs on EISA - bus machines?
-
- Apparently, it already runs on an EISA - machines, it just does not
- take advantage of special EISA features.
-
- Thanks to johnsonm@stolaf.edu and randall@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu for pointing
- this out.
-
- HOWEVER, I believe the FAQ from Wed, 7 Oct 1992 17:58:25 GMT is a bit
- misleading when it claims that
-
- >QUESTION: Does it run on my computer?
-
- >ANSWER: Linux has been written on a clone-386, with IDE drives and a
- >VGA screen. It should work on most similar setups. The harddisk should
- >be AT-standard, and the system must be ISA. A high density floppy
- >drive -- either 5".25 or 3".5
-
- --
- Thomas Koenig, ib09@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de, ui0t@dkauni2.bitnet
- The joy of engineering is to find a straight line on a double logarithmic
- diagram.
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