Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 20:39:51 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: kris@airnet.net Cc: John Kenagy <jktheowl@bga.com>, questions freebsd <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: UPSd and PS2 compatibility Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980225203927.28338F-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <34F49B4E.909E3E04@ninbox.dyn.ml.org>
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On Wed, 25 Feb 1998, Kris Kirby wrote: > Doug White wrote: > > FreeBSD won't boot and the slots on the MB look funny. > > The MCA slots look like PCI slots. The connectors are *physically* > identical. If you plug a PCI card in a MCA machine and flip the switch, > all bets are off. They are *not* identical in signalling. Generally, a > PS/2 with ISA (only) and a 386 ought to be able to run FreeBSD. Email me > the model # and I will tell you if it is ISA or naught. (pun intended) Well, it would be really odd for an old 486 to have PCI. :-) Do any IBMs outside of the Aptiva series even _have_ PCI slots? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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