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From: hta@uninett.no (Harald T. Alvestrand)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc
Subject: Re: Installation on Compaq laptop?
Date: 9 Sep 1994 11:16:31 GMT
Organization: Uninett
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In article <34gjj7$iqs@news.CCIT.Arizona.EDU>, mcginnis@lpl.arizona.edu (Hal McGinnis) writes:
|> I recently purchased a Compaq Contura Aero and I was wondering if
|> anybody had insatlled FreeBSD on either this machine or one similar to
|> it.  Any help would be appreciated.
Linux runs on my 33C Aero, so I see no reason why there should be
*BSD problems.

But: The PCMCIA floppy and the PCMCIA drivers interact in wicked ways.
Disable PCMCIA and the floppy works (if installed at boot time).
I'm working on it (but I don't do *BSD)
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