Re: Anybody have the time to help a newbie?
On Wed, 31 Mar 1999, Daniel Mashao wrote:
: On Tue, 30 Mar 1999 ruthurie@ecn.ab.ca wrote:
:
: > Hello.
: >
: > Ok. I have a copy of Debian on disk. I am attempting to install it on an
: > IBM PS/2 386. When I boot up using the rescue floppy, I can set up to the
: > point where it asks me to partition the hard drive. I select next, and I
: > get an error stating " Problem - No hard disk drives could be found. Make
: > sure they are cabled correctly and are turned on before the system is
: > started . You may have to change driver setings when you start the system
: > with a command at the "boot:" prompt, or you may have to load a driver
: > that is in a loadable module to solve this problem."
: > I've tried all the other menu selections, and the only other one that
: > works is the shell selection.
: I am not sure if Linux works on PS/2 computers. Under correction: IBM did
: not make the specs available on their microchannel computers?
It works fine, though the token ring drivers are a bit dodgy. I've
successfully installed linux on a model 80, 90, and 53.
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