Re: IBM PS/2 computer

[Matt Lawrence]

At 10:43 PM 4/6/97 -0400, System Account wrote:

   i have just recieved an old IBM PS/2 Model 80 computer (8580).
 I would like to install debian on it but when i boot with the rescue disk
 for the install it starts loading then uncompresses to this point:

The mod 80 is a microchannel machine.  You probably want to look up the
HowTos on installing on one.  It's a bit different.  Historically, support
for MCA has been rather lacking, so don't get your hopes up too much.

-- Matt

Re: IBM PS/2 computer

[Douglas L Stewart]

On Sun, 6 Apr 1997, System Account wrote:

   i have just recieved an old IBM PS/2 Model 80 computer (8580).
  I would like to install debian on it but when i boot with the rescue disk
  for the install it starts loading then uncompresses to this point:

Don't these things have an MCA bus?  And isn't the support for MCA
something new in the 2.1 kernel?

-douglas

Re: IBM PS/2 computer

[@]

Greetings, 

installing debian on IBM PS/2s can be tricky,

more info can be gather at http://glycerine.itsmm.uni.edu/mca/ or even an
IBM PS/2 boot disk at ftp.dcrl.nd.edu/pub/misc/linux   


good luck  let me know your result
jd?

 
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