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From: kmw@ichtys.swb.de (Karsten Winkovics)
Subject: Re: Can Compaq ProSignia run Linux and/or Net/FreeBSD?
Followup-To: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.linux.help
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Organization: ICHTYS BBS, Mannheim FRG
Message-ID: <1994Aug11.185410.28211@ichtys.swb.de>
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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 18:54:10 GMT
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Goeran Uddeborg (uddeborg@carlstedt.se) wrote:
: I've come across a machine called "Compaq ProSignia". It has got an
: EISA motherboard with a SCSI controller on it, but neither Linux nor
: Net/FreeBSD standard boot diskettes seem to recognise the controller.
: Also it has some kind of networking card in it which is labeled
: "Compaq". It has both an Ethernet and a token ring interface, but the
: chips for the latter seems to be missing. That card doesn't either
: seem to be found by any of the systems.
The SCSI chip is a NCR 53c710.. I'm not quite sure, but it could be
supported by the new NCR drivers. I found no exact answer to that in the
lates SCSI Howto I saw on the net.
The combined TR/Ethernet NIC is a 'NETFLEX' card... I'd rather forget
about it, I tried one of these with an older kernel and zero luck.
These ProSignias work nicely as low-scale file servers, but you are
the first known to me to try a decent os on one of these ;).
KW
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Karsten Winkovics {root,kmw}@ichtys.swb.de
Sysadmin at ICHTYS BBS , Mannheim, FR Germany