[3269] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Microchannel (MCA) Support in RH 4.0
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Cole Jones)
Thu Nov 7 19:59:01 1996
Date: Thu, 07 Nov 1996 14:12:52 -0800
From: Cole Jones <ctjones@kodak.com>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
Cc: Steve Greene <sgreene@washsq.com>
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Steve Greene wrote:
>
> Has anyone tried (with or without success) to install RH4 (or a hacked
> version) onto an IBM PS/2 system (Micro Channel (MCA) bus)? There was a
> message or two on the rembrandt list, but I never saw a final answer.
>
> I *did* find a link off the LDP pages, and the"official" RH info seems to
> be that MCA bus is not supported.
>
> Anyone have some experience with this, before I blow an evening
> (weekend?) trying? FWIW, I have plenty of RH experience, this is for a
> friend who would like to place some otherwise useless hardware into
> service as a router for a ppp link to his in-home LAN.
>
> Steve Greene
--------------------
Steve,
I don't know about RedHat, but I did get Slackware running on an IBM
PS/2 Model 70.
Check out the following web site:
http://glycerine.itsmm.uni.edu/mca/
Good Luck!
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