Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 10:23:56 -0500 (CDT) From: John Lengeling <johnl@microware.com> To: cam@pinnacle.co.nz (Cam Mander-Merrilees) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on an Altos 386 Message-ID: <9510131523.AA13753@snake> In-Reply-To: <199510122234.LAA19350@kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz> from "Cam Mander-Merrilees" at Oct 13, 95 11:34:43 am
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> We have an OLD Altos 386 with : > 8 MB RAM > 60MB QIC Streaming Tape drive (ESDI ?) > 1.2 MB 5.25" Floppy disk drive (ESDI ?) > Ethernet Card > 370 MB SCSI Hard Drive > > We have FreeBSD 2.0.5 and would like to run this on the above machine. Is > there any way we can install FreeBSD on this machine since it does not have > a 3.5" Floppy drive ?? We have a number of PC's connected on our TCP/IP > network which have 3.5" Floppy drives... We have a number of Unix (different The older 386 based Altos 1000/2000 computers are not PC compatable. The later 386s sold after Acer purchased Altos are PC compatable. Pop open the 386 and if it looks like the insides of a PC with ISA bus then you have a chance at running FreeBSD, otherwise no. John Lengeling johnl@microware.com
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