7 Dec
1998
7 Dec
'98
6:05 a.m.
Just to refresh my memory on Linux since I'm just
now getting into
looking at it, just exactly what machines work well with it, and with
what versions/vareities for each? I have tons of machines from IBM 5170
AT's, PS/2's of all sorts, other 286 and 386 machines, etc and I'm
looking at possibly selling off the useful ones that will use Linux as
cheap as I can to get some room to walk around here.
Any suggestions greatly appreciated.
The easiest stuff to get Linux up on are standard AT or PCI bus
386(minimum) or higher machines. Microchanel can be done.
(I did a PS/2 model 80 and 8590 at IBM -- but they required mixing
just the right hardware pieces).
My clone 386SX/25 ran Linux (SLS 0.99.13 through Slackware -->1.2) with
no problems. FreeBSD also worked with all the non-microchanel stuff.
Bill