Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 18:05:29 -0400 From: "Andrew C. Hornback" <hornback@wireco.net> To: <genocide@adelphia.net> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Install problem Message-ID: <001b01c0c91c$d856ac40$0e00000a@tomcat> In-Reply-To: <01041915222000.02463@david>
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NO! *screams in pain* FreeBSD does NOT support MCA, will NOT run on MCA and unless you're one hellaciously elite hacker, won't. What you are running into is the wonderful foresight of IBM's engineers when they came up with MCA, back in the mid 80s. MCA doesn't allow hardware to occupy an IRQ, as the rest of the world understands it. As much as I hate to say it, there is a version of Linux that will run on MCA, if you can find it. And I believe Solaris might run on it, but that would be an old version as Sol8 doesn't even support ISA anymore. IBM builds good, strong, solid hardware... your machine still being around and in good running shape is a testament to that. Just good luck in finding software that'll work with their quirky "next generation" architecture... --- Andy > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Eric Smith > Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 11:22 AM > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org > Subject: Install problem > > When I try and boot from the boot floppy, I get a strange error about not > being able to find /kernel, and some other stuff. The machine is an IBM > Server 95, so it's an MCA box. I'd think it might have something > to do with > the proprietary drive controller/floppy drive, because I can run > it on other > computers just fine. Have you run into this before? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the messagehelp
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