Re: IBM PS/2
On Sat, 2002-06-15 at 09:21, Paladin wrote: > On 14 Jun 2002 18:55:58 -0500 > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > You use Sylpheed? Try "Reply to Sender". > > Replies to you! :/ Oh, well. It was a thought... There's a Sylpheed mailing list and archive. Maybe that will help. -- +-+ | Ron Johnson, Jr.Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://ronandheather.dhs.org:81 | | | | "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty: power is ever | | stealing from the many to the few. The manna of popular | | liberty must be gathered each day, or it is rotten... The | | hand entrusted with power becomes, either from human | | depravity or esprit de corps, the necessary enemy of the | | people. Only by continual oversight can the democrat in | | office be prevented from hardening into a despot: only by | | unintermitted agitation can a people be kept sufficiently | | awake to principle not to let liberty be smothered in | | material prosperity... Never look, for an age when the | | people can be quiet and safe. At such times despotism,| | like a shrouding mist, steals over the mirror of Freedom" | |Wendell Phillips | +-+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: IBM PS/2
On 14 Jun 2002 18:55:58 -0500 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You use Sylpheed? Try "Reply to Sender". Replies to you! :/ -- Paladin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: OT: IBM PS/2
On Fri, Jun 14, 2002 at 12:09:08PM +0100, Paladin wrote: > Does any one know how to access the BIOS setup of an old IBM PS/2? > It seems that hitting "del" while booting doesn't work... Try holding down a shift key while rebooting. This will frequently cause a keyboard error with a message instructing how to get into the setup screen. dt -- Dave Thayer | If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about Denver, Colorado USA | cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all [EMAIL PROTECTED] | the time, for no good reason. - Jack Handey -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: IBM PS/2
On Sat, Jun 15, 2002 at 12:38:45AM +0100, Paladin wrote: > On Fri, 14 Jun 2002 13:40:59 +0100 > Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Your mail setup is also rather warped - it doesn't insert > > attributions, and it keeps starting new threads which I have to > > manually link together in mutt if I want to follow the > > conversation ... > > In the header of the message I wrote: > Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > In the message from Pedersen, that was able to follow the thread: > References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I was talking to Jan, not you. Sorry for any confusion. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: IBM PS/2
On Fri, 2002-06-14 at 18:38, Paladin wrote: > On Fri, 14 Jun 2002 13:40:59 +0100 > Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > I always thought that this was the correct way of threading! Does > this have anything to do with the fact that every time that I reply > to some message in the mailing list I have to do a reply-all and > delete every address but debian-user@lists.debian.org ?? > I would thank any correction on this so that I can bug report it to > the mailing list of my MUA. Or this is a exim error!? You use Sylpheed? Try "Reply to Sender". -- +-+ | Ron Johnson, Jr.Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://ronandheather.dhs.org:81 | | | | "I have created a government of whirled peas..."| | Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, 12-May-2002, | ! CNN, Larry King Live | +-+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: IBM PS/2
On Fri, 14 Jun 2002 13:40:59 +0100 Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Your mail setup is also rather warped - it doesn't insert > attributions, and it keeps starting new threads which I have to > manually link together in mutt if I want to follow the > conversation ... In the header of the message I wrote: Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In the message from Pedersen, that was able to follow the thread: References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I always thought that this was the correct way of threading! Does this have anything to do with the fact that every time that I reply to some message in the mailing list I have to do a reply-all and delete every address but debian-user@lists.debian.org ?? I would thank any correction on this so that I can bug report it to the mailing list of my MUA. Or this is a exim error!? Sorry anyway :/ -- Paladin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: OT: IBM PS/2
Paladin wrote: > > Does any one know how to access the BIOS setup of an old IBM PS/2? > It seems that hitting "del" while booting doesn't work... As other have mentioned they don't have a bios, they use sectors on the disk instead and load the bios/rom at boot. I've read that some mainframes use do the same way, but I really don't know that. Anyway, her's some links I found while trying to get my PS/2-90 to work. You might find something usefull (probably depend heavily on your model): http://members.tripod.com/~ps2page/ http://www.ncr.com/support/support_drivers_patches.asp?Class=peripherals http://webpages.charter.net/ohlandl/ http://www-1.ibm.com/support/manager.wss?rs=0&rt=0&org=psg&doc=DDSE-3RNQ5T http://members.tripod.com/~ps2page/ps2files/drvrdsks.htm http://www.tavi.co.uk/ps2pages/ohland/XGA2.html http://www.co.umist.ac.uk/~ch/psinfo/psinfo.1.toc.html Good luck! // Emil > > Thanks > > -- > Paladin > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: IBM PS/2
On Fri, Jun 14, 2002 at 02:50:01PM +0200, Jan Johansson wrote: | > Your mail setup is also rather warped - it doesn't insert | > attributions, | > and it keeps starting new threads which I have to manually | > link together | > in mutt if I want to follow the conversation ... | | Well, thats what happens when the Mail admin thinks policy-locking | Outlook to his own preferences is a good idea. Outhouses aren't pleasant in the first place. (I think outlook breaks threading regardless, it seems to be a common to find broken threads and outlook in the same message) Do you have cygwin or can you install it on your system? If so you can get a real mailer there (eg mutt). Can you download putty (there is no "install" procedure for it) and then use a real system? Just some thoughts that might make your environment a bit more comfortable and useful :-). -D -- Microsoft: "Windows NT 4.0 now has the same user-interface as Windows 95" Windows 95: "Press CTRL-ALT-DEL to reboot" Windows NT 4.0: "Press CTRL-ALT-DEL to login" http://dman.ddts.net/~dman/ pgppZmC2R4mku.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: IBM PS/2
Hi Jan, Am Freitag, 14. Juni 2002 16:02 schrieb Jan Johansson: > > indeed _not_ a good idea. > > It might help to convert RE: into Re: by hand? > > That i hadnt noticed actually.. Thanks, ill actually try to do > that. Hmm... It was only a desperate idea :-( sorry gerhard -- www.pegasus.com http://unquietmind.com/email.html http://www.wurd.com/eng/ABCs/index.htm -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: IBM PS/2
> indeed _not_ a good idea. > It might help to convert RE: into Re: by hand? That i hadnt noticed actually.. Thanks, ill actually try to do that. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: IBM PS/2
Am Freitag, 14. Juni 2002 14:50 schrieb Jan Johansson: > Well, thats what happens when the Mail admin thinks > policy-locking Outlook to his own preferences is a good idea. indeed _not_ a good idea. It might help to convert RE: into Re: by hand? regards gerhard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: IBM PS/2
IBM reference disks can be found at the ftp site below. Look at allfiles.txt to find the file you need. It will probably be in the refdisks folder. ftp://204.146.167.81/pub/pccbbs/ KS At 14:04 6/14/2002, Colin Watson wrote: On Fri, Jun 14, 2002 at 02:50:01PM +0200, Jan Johansson wrote: > Colin Watson wrote: > > Your mail setup is also rather warped - it doesn't insert > > attributions, and it keeps starting new threads which I have to > > manually link together in mutt if I want to follow the conversation > > ... > > Well, thats what happens when the Mail admin thinks policy-locking > Outlook to his own preferences is a good idea. Heh. How painful. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: IBM PS/2
On Fri, Jun 14, 2002 at 02:50:01PM +0200, Jan Johansson wrote: > Colin Watson wrote: > > Your mail setup is also rather warped - it doesn't insert > > attributions, and it keeps starting new threads which I have to > > manually link together in mutt if I want to follow the conversation > > ... > > Well, thats what happens when the Mail admin thinks policy-locking > Outlook to his own preferences is a good idea. Heh. How painful. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: IBM PS/2
> Your mail setup is also rather warped - it doesn't insert > attributions, > and it keeps starting new threads which I have to manually > link together > in mutt if I want to follow the conversation ... Well, thats what happens when the Mail admin thinks policy-locking Outlook to his own preferences is a good idea. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: IBM PS/2
On Fri, Jun 14, 2002 at 01:17:43PM +0200, Jan Johansson wrote: [somebody else wrote:] > > Does any one know how to access the BIOS setup of an old IBM PS/2? > > It seems that hitting "del" while booting doesn't work... > > You spamassassin setup is severly warped by the way. Your mail setup is also rather warped - it doesn't insert attributions, and it keeps starting new threads which I have to manually link together in mutt if I want to follow the conversation ... -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: IBM PS/2
Hi, Am Freitag, 14. Juni 2002 13:30 schrieb Ronald Castillo: > Have you read well the screen at boot time? The first screen > usually tells how to do this. On some PCs you have to press Del > (not your case, it seems), on others Esc and on some others you > have to press Ctrl+Alt+Esc at any moment (those are the kinds of > PCs I've seen). I've seen this on PCs ranging from 386s so maybe > one of these should work for you. > > Good Luck If you got an original IBM 8088 processor there is AFAIK only the possibility to change the setup by DIP-switcheson the mainboard. IBM PS/2 1985 needs a setup-floppy. The Bios EPROM setups are introduced by the IBM-clones Phoenix CTRL+ALT+S or CTRL+ALT+F1 Award CTRL+ALT+ESC or DEL Ami DEL HTH gerhard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: IBM PS/2
>I've > seen this on PCs ranging from 386s so maybe one of these > should work for > you. The first PS/2 to have a "internal" BIOS config utility was the 95XL series. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: IBM PS/2
Have you read well the screen at boot time? The first screen usually tells how to do this. On some PCs you have to press Del (not your case, it seems), on others Esc and on some others you have to press Ctrl+Alt+Esc at any moment (those are the kinds of PCs I've seen). I've seen this on PCs ranging from 386s so maybe one of these should work for you. Good Luck Ronald Castillo -Original Message- From: Jan Johansson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: viernes, 14 de junio de 2002 13:18 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: RE: IBM PS/2 > Does any one know how to access the BIOS setup of an old IBM PS/2? > It seems that hitting "del" while booting doesn't work... You spamassassin setup is severly warped by the way. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: IBM PS/2
> Does any one know how to access the BIOS setup of an old IBM PS/2? > It seems that hitting "del" while booting doesn't work... You spamassassin setup is severly warped by the way. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: IBM PS/2
> Does any one know how to access the BIOS setup of an old IBM PS/2? > It seems that hitting "del" while booting doesn't work... Not possible. If you by "older" mean models 8xxx (386 and 486 systems) or older, there is no BIOS config utility, you have to install their utility software on a dedicated partition on the boot-enabled partition, and then boot the system from the "Diagnostics" floppy. Or, i think it is possible to plain boot from the diag floppy. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
OT: IBM PS/2
Does any one know how to access the BIOS setup of an old IBM PS/2? It seems that hitting "del" while booting doesn't work... Thanks -- Paladin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
IBM PS/2 386 #70
I took a look at the archives and see many no responses so I'm not too hopeful about this but... The computer has a 58 meg ESDI HD. I'm trying to do a floppy install. I used the "Debian 1.2 boot disk for IBM PS2 systems" from, http://mojo.calyx.net/~bri/projects/debian/MCA/ Everything went fine (I installed base from Hamm), until I tried to "Install the operating kernel." It asked for the rescue floppy. I put that back in and got the following error: Installing the rescue floppy ... [MS-DOS FS Rel. 12,FAT 12,check=n, conv=b, uid=0 gid=0, unmask=022, bmap] [me=0x63, cs=768, #f=0, fs=4832, fl=0, ds=4832, de=65530, data=8928, se=14783, ts=1702060386, ls=8308] Transaction block size=512 VFS: Can't find a valid MSDOS filesystem on dev 02:00. Mount /dev/fd0 (type msdos) on /floppy: wrong filesystem type, or bad superblock on /dev/fd0 I then added, /dev/fd0 /floppy msdos defaults 0 2 to the /etc/fstab file. I then received the following error: Installing the rescue floppy ... end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00, sector 2378 end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00, sector 2378 [: resque: unknown operand end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00, sector 2374 sbin/dinstall: ./install.sh I/O error After installing the base and before trying to install the operating system kernel I selected the option, "make system compatible with ESDI disks." The readout starts, Special lilo and fdisk binaries then the errors come: sbin:/dinstall: /target/bin/mknod: not found sbin:/dinstall: /target/bin/mknod: not found Anyway I hope someone can make heads or tails of these errors and how I can proceed. Thanks, kent
Re: Debian install Error (SCSI HDD on IBM PS/2 (486) not detected)
On Thu, 11 Feb 1999, Simon Werner wrote: [NON-Text Body part not included] Cool. My mailer hates your email ... The IBM SCSI card was detected, so that's good. It didn't see any devices on the chain, so that's bad. The IBM MCA SCSI adaptor isn't the best HBA ever made, so cabling is VERY important. Same with termination. Finally, you may wish to read the Bootprompt HOWTO for some parameters to pass to the kernel at boot time regarding your IBM MCA SCSI adaptor. I just retired a Model 90 with the same card, and cabling was a problem for me initially. -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet 410 South Phillips Avenue Sioux Falls, SD mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9)
Debian install Error (SCSI HDD on IBM PS/2 (486) not detected)
I'm a newbie to Linux, I'm trying to install Debian Linux (ver 2.0.34) from 3.5" floppy. This is the first attempt to install Linux, I chose Debian, becuase it was the most easily accessable Linux I could find on the net. My computer, a IBM PS/2 (486SLC2), full specs can be found at www.ibm.com, the only difference from original is it has been upgraded to 16MB (from 8). The problem is that when I boot (using defualt settings) with the rescue disk, it can't detect my SCSI hard disk. I haven't tried to load Debian straight from hard disk, and don't I want to. The Debian install prints the following errors before entering the install menu. (no particular order) IBM MCA SCSI: No SCSI AttechedSCSI: 0 HostsSCSI: Detected totalFailed initialization of WD-7000 SCSI card. Specs about my PC can be found in the attached text document. Cheers Simon WernerPS. how do you pause the screen before the install menu appears? IBM PS/2 (Model 56 486SLC2) - Technical specifications IBM Personal System/2 Model 56 486SLC2 General information Machine type: 9556 Announce date: October, 1992 Excerpt from the original announcement letter; "The new PS/2(R) 56, 57, Ultimedia and Ultimedia DV M57 486SLC2, are Micro Channel(R) systems designed to complement and enhance the product line. These products provide improvements such as: increased processor speed with the 50/25-MHz 486SLC2 microprocessor, an internal memory cache controller with 16KB memory cache, larger fast hard disks - 104 Million Bytes (MB)(model 0B6) and 212 Million Bytes (MB)(model 0BA, 1BA and 2BA), three (3) total memory sockets with one (1) 8MB 70ns SIMM located in socket 1 leaving two (2) sockets available for expansion up to 16MB on the planner, enhanced IBM Mouse, video provided via the graphics XGA-2 chip set designed to meet the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) requirements (refer to A92-902 and A92-848), a small computer system interface (SCSI) input/output (I/O) interface, enhanced security, two 9-pin Serial ports, and a high speed DMA Parallel port." System Characteristics Microprocessor: IBM 486slc2 (32 bit) Clock speed: 50/25 Mhz Coprocessor: Type of BUS: 16-bit Micro Channel Total number of expansion slots: 3 (desktop case) Ports: PS/2 keyboard, PS/2 mouse, 2 DMA serial, DMA parallel, XGA-2, SCSI Memory Min/Max on system board: 8/16MB Type of memory: RAM: DRAM (PS/2 72-pin SIMM) 70ns parity checked (3 sockets) ROM: 128kb Cache: 16kb L1, 0kb L2 Physical description Power supply: 118w, 110-220VAC auto sense Weight: 11.8kg (26.0 lbs) Dimensions (HxWxD): (115 x 360 x 395mm) Mass storage Drive bays: 2 ( 5.25" (2 accessible)) Floppy Disk Size: 3.5 inch slim-height Capacity: 2.88MB media sense Hard disk Size: 3.5 inch half-height Capacity: 104MB (0B6), 212MB (0BA) Access time: 12ms Interface: SCSI (integrated SCSI controller) Display Size: Display type: Optional Analog CRT Graphics modes supported: Integrated 32-bit XGA-2 Display adapter 1024x768, 256 colours, 75Hz NI 800x600, 65,536 colours 640x480, 65,536 colours Keyboard Type: 101 key enhanced, 122 key host connect, 84 key space saving Software Operating system: IBM PC DOS Versions 5.0, 5.00.1 or higher Configurations Various memory, diskette drive, hard drive, monitor, and keyboard configurations including; 9556-0B6 - System Unit 486slc25, 8MB, 104MB, 2.88, 101 keyboard 9556-0BA - System Unit 386slc20, 8MB, 212MB, 2.88, 101 keyboard Options SYSTEM BOARD MEMORY IBM Personal System/2 2MB Memory Module Kit-70ns 01296450902 IBM Personal System/2 4MB Memory Module Kit-70ns 01286450128 IBM Personal System/2 8MB Memory Module Kit-70ns 51166450130 DASD IBM Personal System/2 Micro Channel SCSI Adapter 100
Re: IBM PS/2 troubles. (And maybe a bit of ranting)
Here's a good place to start for getting the specs on the machine, where to get reference diskettes (which configure the hardware, change bios settings, etc.), and more: http://members.tripod.com/~ps2page/ Also try http://www.co.umist.ac.uk/~ch/psinfo/psinfo.1.toc.html Hope this helps. Curt Daugaard [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, Dec 04, 1998 at 08:05:39PM -0500, Christian Lavoie wrote: > I've got to set up Debian (hamm) on an IBM PS/2 system. > > It's a 486sx with 16mb of RAM, the bus's a Microchannel (MCA) one and the > video chip seems to be a XGA-2 Display Adapter /A (directly on the > motherboard). The drive bus is SCSI, and a few other marvels I haven't > figured out. I can access a DOS prompt (linux is on /dev/hda5, which is in > turn under an extended partition, /dev/hda4). My friend has bought it > second-hand so no manuals nor any useful references are available. > > Here're the questions: > > - How can I get the max of information from the machine? (Model number or > such things) There are no indications on how to reach the BIOS when booting. > All I see is a memory test, and tada! it's already on the OS part of > booting. > > - Where can I find useful docs about that? (except the obvious SCSI howto) > > - The XServer of choice seems to be either SVGA or AGX. Which you'd > recommend? Also, the SVGA xserver (haven't yet looked at the AGX) specifies > that it's configured for XGA-2 chips on the ISA bus. Is there a workaround > to have it work on a MCA bus? > > - How stable/performing is the 2.1.13x kernel MCA bus code? How much can I > rely on that code? > > - How much of a performance hit can I expect on compilation jobs from a > kernel math emulator? > > - Where in hell can I find a dos-working version of Emacs? The > most-recent/used and linux-version-like please. =P > > > Christian Lavoie > UIN: 947212 > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
IBM PS/2 troubles. (And maybe a bit of ranting)
I've got to set up Debian (hamm) on an IBM PS/2 system. It's a 486sx with 16mb of RAM, the bus's a Microchannel (MCA) one and the video chip seems to be a XGA-2 Display Adapter /A (directly on the motherboard). The drive bus is SCSI, and a few other marvels I haven't figured out. I can access a DOS prompt (linux is on /dev/hda5, which is in turn under an extended partition, /dev/hda4). My friend has bought it second-hand so no manuals nor any useful references are available. Here're the questions: - How can I get the max of information from the machine? (Model number or such things) There are no indications on how to reach the BIOS when booting. All I see is a memory test, and tada! it's already on the OS part of booting. - Where can I find useful docs about that? (except the obvious SCSI howto) - The XServer of choice seems to be either SVGA or AGX. Which you'd recommend? Also, the SVGA xserver (haven't yet looked at the AGX) specifies that it's configured for XGA-2 chips on the ISA bus. Is there a workaround to have it work on a MCA bus? - How stable/performing is the 2.1.13x kernel MCA bus code? How much can I rely on that code? - How much of a performance hit can I expect on compilation jobs from a kernel math emulator? - Where in hell can I find a dos-working version of Emacs? The most-recent/used and linux-version-like please. =P Christian Lavoie UIN: 947212 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian/GNU Linux on IBM PS/2
Nick Gilliam wrote: > Unfortunately, all have 4Mb of RAM except the Model 57sx which has 12. > Any suggestion? Is 8Mb of RAM enough for running X. I've ran X on a PS/2 with 2 mb of ram, but I had to use a dos X server ot make it work. -- see shy jo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian/GNU Linux on IBM PS/2
> : I have several PS/2`s: > : > : 3-55sx > : 6-56sx > : 1-57sx > : 1-80 > : > : Unfortunately, all have 4Mb of RAM except the Model 57sx which has 12. > : Any suggestion? Is 8Mb of RAM enough for running X. > > Hmm, I can't answer that. I don't run X on any of our PS/2s - they're > all acting in some sort of server role. my machine has 16 MB ram and run X perfectly well (if not speedy),i'm using KDE too,you could always setup the 12 MB machine to act as an X server and the other machines as X client,i think it would use less memory. Alain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian/GNU Linux on IBM PS/2
On Tue, 12 May 1998, Nick Gilliam wrote: : I have several PS/2`s: : : 3-55sx : 6-56sx : 1-57sx : 1-80 : : Unfortunately, all have 4Mb of RAM except the Model 57sx which has 12. : Any suggestion? Is 8Mb of RAM enough for running X. Hmm, I can't answer that. I don't run X on any of our PS/2s - they're all acting in some sort of server role. -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet - 410 South Phillips Avenue - Sioux Falls, SD 57104 mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian/GNU Linux on IBM PS/2
I have several PS/2`s: 3-55sx 6-56sx 1-57sx 1-80 Unfortunately, all have 4Mb of RAM except the Model 57sx which has 12. Any suggestion? Is 8Mb of RAM enough for running X. Thanks, Nick Gilliam On Mon, 11 May 1998, Nathan E Norman wrote: > On Mon, 11 May 1998, Nick Gilliam wrote: > > : > : Will Debian/Linux run on a PS/2 386 Micro Channel Architecture machine? > : > : Thanks, > : Nick Gilliam > > It sure will. What sort of PS/2 have you got? ESDI drives can be a bit > tricky, and the install kernel doesn't have support for the IBM MCA SCSI > adaptor. Works great if you compile it in, though :) > > I've got a Model 90 with an uptime of over two months, which was when I > installed Debian. > > -- > Nathan Norman > MidcoNet - 410 South Phillips Avenue - Sioux Falls, SD 57104 > mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net > finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9) > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian/GNU Linux on IBM PS/2
On Mon, 11 May 1998, Nick Gilliam wrote: : : Will Debian/Linux run on a PS/2 386 Micro Channel Architecture machine? : : Thanks, : Nick Gilliam It sure will. What sort of PS/2 have you got? ESDI drives can be a bit tricky, and the install kernel doesn't have support for the IBM MCA SCSI adaptor. Works great if you compile it in, though :) I've got a Model 90 with an uptime of over two months, which was when I installed Debian. -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet - 410 South Phillips Avenue - Sioux Falls, SD 57104 mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian/GNU Linux on IBM PS/2
> Will Debian/Linux run on a PS/2 386 Micro Channel Architecture machine? I don't see why not. You wont be able to use X with that processor though :( Matthew -- Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo Steward-elect of the Cambridge Tolkien Society Selwyn College Computer Support http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Chamber/8841/ http://www.cam.ac.uk/CambUniv/Societies/tolkien/ http://pick.sel.cam.ac.uk/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Debian/GNU Linux on IBM PS/2
Will Debian/Linux run on a PS/2 386 Micro Channel Architecture machine? Thanks, Nick Gilliam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Debian Installation on IBM PS/2 Model 70
I am attempting a Debian install on an IBM PS/2 Model 70, with the standard 1.3 (might be 1.3.1) rescue disk. The kernel recognises the IBM ESDI disks, but I had to do mknod /dev/eda b 36 0 mknod /dev/eda1 b 36 1 mknod /dev/eda2 b 36 2 Also dinstall does not recognise /dev/eda as a local drive, so I have used the second window to do the fdisk and mke2fs The next problem is that fdisk -l does not recognise eda disks, even though fdisk /dev/eda does work. (This is being reported in the order I found it, there may be a better order) I got round this by doing (in the other window) fdisk /dev/eda >/tmp/fdisk and then p, to list the partition table and q to quit. I then edited the resulting /tmp/fdisk With this I could enable swap, and eventually mount the root partition (you have to keep recreating /tmp/fdisk because dinstall keeps overwriting it) I have now reached the stage where it is installing the base set, so hopefully everything will be OK from here. John Lines p.s. it would be useful to have some way (not nescessarily obvious) to re-execute dinstall, for people who have edited it in the second window - I havent really looked into exactly how it is started -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: IBM PS/2 computer
Greetings, installing debian on IBM PS/2s can be tricky, more info can be gather at http://glycerine.itsmm.uni.edu/mca/ or even an IBM PS/2 boot disk at ftp.dcrl.nd.edu/pub/misc/linux good luck & let me know your result jd? ++ | Jesus Duran ||_/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] || _/ _/_/| | www.iit.edu/~durajes|| _/ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/ | |hiphop,debian,programming,life || _/ _/ _/| | Mexica ||_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ | ++ _/_/_/_/ _/ _/_/_/_/_/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/ _/_/_/_/ _/ _/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: IBM PS/2 computer
On Sun, 6 Apr 1997, System Account wrote: > i have just recieved an old IBM PS/2 Model 80 computer (8580). > I would like to install debian on it but when i boot with the rescue disk > for the install it starts loading then uncompresses to this point: Don't these things have an MCA bus? And isn't the support for MCA something new in the 2.1 kernel? -douglas
Re: IBM PS/2 computer
At 10:43 PM 4/6/97 -0400, System Account wrote: > i have just recieved an old IBM PS/2 Model 80 computer (8580). > I would like to install debian on it but when i boot with the rescue disk > for the install it starts loading then uncompresses to this point: The mod 80 is a microchannel machine. You probably want to look up the HowTos on installing on one. It's a bit different. Historically, support for MCA has been rather lacking, so don't get your hopes up too much. -- Matt
IBM PS/2 computer
hi there i have just recieved an old IBM PS/2 Model 80 computer (8580). I would like to install debian on it but when i boot with the rescue disk for the install it starts loading then uncompresses to this point: Console: 16 point font, 400 scans Console: colour VGA+ 80x25, 1 virtual console (max 63) pci_init: no BIOS32 detected now it just stops and i have to do a hard boot. any idea as to whats wrong?? -Rob the computer has 4 mgs ram, 386 /50, a big'ol ESDI 70 mg hard drive, and generic VGA vidio card.
debian on IBM ps/2's
Last week there was a question posted about installing debian on an IBM ps/2 with microchannel hard disksthere was also a response stating that debian did not support MCA(Micro-Channel Architecture...for all you newbies;)), there are people working on implementing linux on the MCA... more info can be gather at http://glycerine.itsmm.uni.edu/mca/ or even an IBM PS/2 boot disk at ftp.dcrl.nd.edu/pub/misc/linux just thought i'd share a lil knowledge...what lil i have... regards, jd? ++ | Jesus Duran ||_/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ | | [EMAIL PROTECTED]|| _/ _/_/| | www.iit.edu/~durajes|| _/ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/ | |hiphop,debian,programming,life || _/ _/ _/| | Mexica ||_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ | ++ _/_/_/_/ _/ _/_/_/_/_/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/ _/_/_/_/ _/ _/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
