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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
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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?
|> --
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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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