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- From: danson@lgc.com (Doug Anson)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: Linux/386BSD on Compaq Deskpro 386/25
- Message-ID: <1992Nov5.174340.6598@lgc.com>
- Date: 5 Nov 92 17:43:40 GMT
- References: <id.L9PU.XI2@ferranti.com>
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- In article <id.L9PU.XI2@ferranti.com>, peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva) writes:
- |> I'm considering buying a used Compaq Deskpro 386/25. I'll be using a Maxtor
- |> XT4380E or Miniscribe 9380E with an as yet undetermined ESDI controller. Has
- |> anyone run Linux or 386BSD on a similar platform? What sort of controller
- |> would work best in this environment (don't say SCSI, I have a good deal on
- |> the drive)? What sort of things should I be watching out for?
- |> --
- |> % Peter da Silva % 77487-5012 % +1 713 274 5180 % Har du kramat din varg idag?
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- I have 386BSD :) working fine on a Compaq Deskpro 386/20 with their standard
- ESDI controller an a miniscribe drive. I did have some problems making a custom
- partition for swap but the standard install works fine.
-
- I may have goofed the custom installation attempt -- I still dunno what went
- wrong or why -- the jest of it was that, after installing a custom partition
- (20 Mb swap, / and /usr partitions...) and transfered the Fixit floppy (std
- distr), the machine would partially boot off of the hard drive (you'd see the
- banner, all the interfaces up to and including npx0 but then nothing else).
-
- I am currently running the standard install configuration very nicely.
-
- Doug
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