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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!noc.near.net!das-news.harvard.edu!cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!crabapple.srv.cs.cmu.edu!netnews-1.srv.cs.cmu.edu!snl From: snl@paneer.ndim.edrc.cmu.edu (Sean Levy) Subject: ThinkPad + *nix (MicroChannel bus)? Message-ID: <SNL.93Jul8121839@paneer.ndim.edrc.cmu.edu> Sender: news@cs.cmu.edu (Usenet News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: paneer.ndim.edrc.cmu.edu Reply-To: snl+@cmu.edu Organization: n-dim Group, Engineering Design Research Center, CMU Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1993 16:18:39 GMT Lines: 18 Folks, I'm truly sorry if this is an FAQ, but I couldn't find it. Could someone describe, or point me to a description of the issues/problems involved with running ANY of the current crop of free *nix'es (BSD386, 386BSD, Linux) on a ThinkPad? I've been told it's the bus (microchannel) that makes it impossible, but its been so long that I've been away from the PC world, I'm afraid I don't fully understand the issues. Is it just plain impossible, could a sufficient amount of hacking get the job done, or has it already been done? I'm going to be given one of these things, and would much prefer to have some variety of *nix and X windows (and SLIP) running on it instead of DOS. Please reply via e-mail, I'll summarize if desired/needed. TIA, -- Sean