From: drew@ophelia.cs.colorado.edu (Drew Eckhardt) Subject: Re: Can I run Linux on 486-33 EISA? Date: 29 Jun 1992 17:45:48 GMT
In article <1992Jun28.033926.22745@news.cs.indiana.edu> Stefan Berg <sgberg@peach.ucs.indiana.edu> writes:
>I have a Gateway 2000 486-33 EISA computer (8MB, SCSI, ATI Graphics, Tape
>Drive) and wonder wether I can install and run Linux on this machine. The
>FAQ to linux stated that I needs an ISA system. Does that mean a definite
>"NO" for EISA systems? If so, is anybody working on incorporating EISA to
>Linux?
>
Linux runs on EISA systems just fine - it just provides no
special support for EISA features, such as DMA above 16M, etc.