Re: IBM W/"MCA" Board

1998-10-13 Thread David Sherow
/dev/hd(some letter on my compaq it's d) ??or?? /dev/sc(?b) mayby. (?) about the rest King Lee wrote: > I am having trouble installing Debian on MCA computer. > > >From DOS, I go to cdrom, in boot directory, I boot up (using > loadlin). I install, have some trouble writing to floppies, > and

Re: IBM W/"MCA" Board

1998-10-13 Thread David Sherow
I's a PS/2 56LS 486SLC2, , there very fast with win 3.xx. Haven't been able to install Linux on them yet because of them being "MCA" boxes. I have found patchs though for debian 2.0.34. I paid only $60 apiece for 3 boxes, but their a pain to find parts, software, and docs on them. Nathan E Norman

RE: IBM W/"MCA" Board

1998-10-13 Thread King Lee
I am having trouble installing Debian on MCA computer. >From DOS, I go to cdrom, in boot directory, I boot up (using loadlin). I install, have some trouble writing to floppies, and eventually get a bare system working. I want to mount the cdrom which I think is scsi, but I can't seem to find i

Re: IBM W/"MCA" Board

1998-10-13 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Tue, 13 Oct 1998, David Sherow wrote: [ snip ] : P.S. I will never buy another IBM That's too bad - the PC Server 325 and Netfinity platforms make some kick-ass Linux servers ... -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet 410 South Phillips Avenue Sioux Falls, SD mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://

Re: IBM W/"MCA" Board

1998-10-13 Thread David Sherow
I have found this site with has several patches and a lot of info for putting Linux on a MCA box http://glycerine.itsmm.uni.edu/mca/ and for the box http://members.aol.com/mcapage0/mcaindex.htm P.S. I will never buy another IBM Richardson,Anthony wrote: > Bo came with the MCA patches included.

RE: IBM W/"MCA" Board

1998-10-13 Thread Richardson,Anthony
Bo came with the MCA patches included. I'm not sure about Hamm. It worked right out of the box for me, but this will be very hardware dependent. There is an Linux for MCA web site. Check there for info. (Look in the related links area at debian.org) Tony On Monday, October 12, 1998 2:50 PM,

IBM W/"MCA" Board

1998-10-12 Thread David Sherow
I need some help finding info on installing Debian on a IBM machine with a MCA board. Thank you much -- Best regards /-\ /***\ /***/ David Sherow \**\ /