From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Nov 21 18:18:52 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id SAA06525 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 21 Nov 1996 18:18:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA06515 for ; Thu, 21 Nov 1996 18:18:44 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.2/8.7.3) id MAA16607; Fri, 22 Nov 1996 12:48:30 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199611220218.MAA16607@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: IBM 57SLC In-Reply-To: from Kjell E Grotland at "Nov 21, 96 08:29:27 pm" To: kegrotla@korrnet.org (Kjell E Grotland) Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 12:48:29 +1030 (CST) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Kjell E Grotland stands accused of saying: > Hopefully this is not too trivial a matter but i was wondering if it is > possible to Run FreeBSD on an IBM 57SLC. The reason i ask is because > apparently this is a machine on which IBM place its proprietary Micro > Channel Bus system and i was wondering if it made a difference in > installing the FreeBSD Operating system. If not underwhich type of > hardware configuration should i install the operating system? FreeBSD does not currently support Microchannel. If you need a Unix to run on that system, you may be able to get a PS/2 AIX to work. For FreeBSD, PCI is the bus of choice; EISA and ISA also work well. > Kjell E. Grotland -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[