Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 23:19:36 -0400 From: David Heller <dheller1@rochester.rr.com> To: Gerlbonnie@aol.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: (no subject) Message-ID: <38FD25C8.832C4E88@rochester.rr.com> References: <7e.3b294c4.262df084@aol.com>
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Gerlbonnie@aol.com wrote: > > I have a friend with an IBM PS/1IT with Windows 3.1. Can freebsd be installed > on this computer? She is a shut in with no funds to get any upgrades OR new > computer system. > Thanks, > Bonnie Maloney > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message Another problem that I have found with these systems is they won't even run Windows 95 correctly in less you have windows 3.1x that came from IBM installed first as the software has to talk to IBM's weird bios on these boxes. The reason I suspect this, is a friend of mine with a PS2 or was it a PS1 (can't remember which) hosed his 3.1 windows software by trying to install Windows95 over it. And according to IBM's web site the only way to fix his computer was to install their version of windows3.1x on it which is NLA. Apparently the bios runs some kind of graphical interface/shell that the OS has to talk to before it will boot. Anyway make sure you have the original software disks before attempting a install of Freebsd. Regards, Dave To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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