From: ieong@fraser.sfu.ca (Kim Ieong) Subject: Re: Compaq Deskpro 386/20 & Linux ? Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1993 14:23:35 GMT
p7003ag@sun1.LRZ-Muenchen.DE () writes:
I have the same problem with my Deskpro 386/20. But I have a MFM
disk controller and 132 MB hard drive. I just will not mount the
disk. Anyone has any suggustion?
Kim Ieong
>Hiyo,
>I got a prob with my Deskpro 386/20: I can't install Linux.
>After checking all the hardware I have (2 serial, 1 parallel,
>AHA1542B, Conner 200MB SCSI) the kernel tries to reset my
>harddisk controller and fails. This it does in an indefinite loop.
>Any controller I care to try (AT-Bus, MFM ...) produces the same
>effect. On a NONAME 486 with AT-Bus HD it works just fine.
>Has anyone encountered similar problems or is anybody running
>Linux on a Deskpro 386/20 already ?
>Please help me.
>CU
>Alaric