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From: meric@orac.mti.sgi.com (Eric McCaughrin)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Will it run on a portable?
Date: 16 Nov 1995 06:58:06 GMT
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA
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I've got my eyes on a portable computer (Pentium-based). Has anyone
had success installing one of the IBM-compatible UNIXes on a 
portable (Linux,netBSD,BSDI,freeBSD,etc)? The newest portables
seem to be based on the PCMCIA bus and from what I've read in
the web pages, this bus is not supported. I'm also worried
about the internal CD-ROM drives portables come with.

Thanks,
Eric McCaughrin
meric@mti.sgi.com

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