Date: Fri, 10 Feb 1995 16:39:38 -0800 From: David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM> To: alf@pdx.nwrel.org Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Hardware configuration Message-ID: <199502110039.QAA00321@corbin.Root.COM> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 10 Feb 95 16:17:47 PST." <9502110017.AA21867@nwrel.org>
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> >I've been asked to set up a PD Unix on the following machine: > > NCR PC 486 / MC (micro channel?) 33mhz > SCSI > Black Box Connex 10bt ethernet card > >Unfortunately that is all the information I have about the machine. >The boobs who own the machine are about as computer savy as a dead >opossum covered with maggots on the side of a road. You know, the >type that are still looking for the "Any" key on the keyboard. ;-) >Anyways, I don't have access to the hardware, and I need to find out >if their gear will be able to run FreeBSD before driving a few hundred >miles to help them install it. Unfortunately, FreeBSD it not support on Micro Channel machines. So if the machine is a Micro Channel machine, it won't work. >I would really rather put FreeBSD 2.0 than something like Linux on >it since... well, it's so much better than Linux... :) Does anyone >know if it (FreeBSD 2.0) will support this hardware (the ether card >in particular)? The ethernet card is probably an NE2000 clone so that won't likely be a problem. The Micro Channel, however, is a show stopper. -DG
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