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From: "Alfred E. Green" <green@eng.fsu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.unix.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbds.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Cannot install Linux on old-timer PS/VP
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 14:20:11 -0400
Organization: Florida State University
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To: Thierry Holtzer <Thierry.Holtzer@ceram.fr>
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Why don't you check out this site(http://glycerine.cetmm.uni.edu/mca/)
I got this info out of the LINUX journal. The article speaks to the IBM
PS/2 55SX, but it should work for all models.
Thierry Holtzer wrote:
>
> Hello there,
>
> We can boot the installer iff we tell LILO/loadlinx to "noprobe" the
> disk (then we cannot fdisk or mount or whatever).
>
> PS/VP are mentioned in the HOWTOs, many transactions found in the news
> during last 2 years about same symptoms, but the hints given do not do
> it: hd=cyls,heads,sect and/or hd=noprobe and/or ide=noprobe
>
> Has somenone succeeded in running Linux on these platforms, after
> having met the same pb ?
> Could some experts in hdparm.c/ide.c/etc (and better understanding than
> mine of these platforms) give us hints ?
> Could users of other free Unices tell us about their experience on these
> platforms ?
>
> Hardware: IBM PS/VP 6384-C20 (aka 325T), 386-4/6M-80M
> Install: Slackware 3.0, RedHat 2.1, via loadlinx or LILO
> Symptom: IDE drive is said to be not ready, timeout.
>
> Please reply by mail, I'll sum up -- hope I'll have to :-(
>
> TIA,
>
> Thierry Holtzer
>
> E-mail : Thierry.Holtzer@ceram.fr
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--
Alfred
"...then the day came when the risk to remain tight in a
bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."
Anois Nin
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