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From: ellis@nova.gmi.edu (Stew Ellis)
Subject: Re: Linux or 386BSD?
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References: <1993Feb5.211047.16911@serval.net.wsu.edu> <1kv7e4INNc8h@smurf.sti.com> <1993Feb8.163755.7464@unlv.edu> <1l6evhINN178@smurf.sti.com> <garyt.729286761@lgc.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1993 02:00:01 GMT
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garyt@lgc.com (Gary Thompson) writes:
>dgreen@sti.com (Dan R. Greening) writes:
>>One advantage of 386BSD is that it has built in support for three common
[stuff deleted]
>One advantage of Linux is that it works on more systems, especially older,
>less common ones, etc. I have a several-year old Compaq 386 and have been
>running Linux on it for several months and haven't had any problems using
>it with regards to the hardware.
>I was interested in also installing 386BSD because of its mature SLIP
>drivers. Alas, I tried booting up with the latest, greatest images from
>the 0.2 patchkit and they locked up as they attempted to mount the root
>filesystem from the floppy drive. Judging from the response I got on
>the net, no one else has experienced this. If I want to run 386BSD
>I guess I'll have to hope that this problem disappears in a later
>version or get a new motherboard.
I have seen quite a number of people talk about difficulty booting Compaq's
and some other computers (Northgate or Gateway). There are patches out there
somewhere. Check the FAQ and the well known archive sites.
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