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Date:      Wed, 17 Dec 1997 22:40:06 -0600 (CST)
From:      "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com>
To:        Kevin Entringer <AterDraconis@excel.net>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: IBM
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971217223701.3955F-100000@shell.futuresouth.com>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19971217182432.007bd430@mail.excel.net>

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On Wed, 17 Dec 1997, Kevin Entringer wrote:

> I was just wondering If anyone out there has installed freebsd on an IBM
> Aptiva S9C.. I realize the machine doesnt support *nix, so I was thinking
> of replacing the hardware that prevents it (ie motherboard) I was just
> wondering if anyone knows what other hardware i am going to need to
> replace...thank you
Most PC's don't officially support and UNIX OS's.  It should work just
fine.  An Aptiva has a PCI bus I believe?  As long as it's a normal
ISA/PCA bus system, which I'm pretty sure it is, you won't need to replace
anything.  My computer is a Compaq Presario, and I replaced the processor
with a faster one and added a hard drive; that's the extent of my changes.

Someone comment; I'm about 99% sure Aptiva doesn't have Microchannel
architecture.

> ========================================
> Kevin Entringer
> AterDraconis@excel.net
> Server Administrator: wyrm.merconline.com
> ICQ:849546
> =========================================

On a side not, I think we actually got FreeBSD working on a Microchannel
bus system once.  Anyone have a comment on that one?

Anyway, good luck getting it up!  No matter what, it's better than MS
anything!

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