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MCA bus / linux distros




anybody know what linux distros i could get to run on an IBM PS/2 with the
MCA bus ? these are the ones ive tried. machine stats:

386sx
6mb ram
60mb hard drive
9" amber monitor (internal)
1.44mb floppy drive (internal)


slackware bootdisk:
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.
pci_init: no BIOS32 detected




redhat bootdisk:
.
.
pci_init: no BIOS32 detected




debian bootdisk:
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eata_pio: NO BIOS32 extensions present. This driver release still depends
on it.
          Skipping scan for PCI HBAs.
Failed initialization of WD-7000 SCSI card!
PPA: unable to initialise controller at 0x378, error 1
scsi : 0 hosts
scsi : detected total.
Partition check:
PS/2 ESDI: integrated ESDI adapter found in slot 3
PS/2 ESDI: DMA arbitration level : 5
PS/2 ESDI: hard reset...
PS/2 ESDI: Attention error. Interrupt status : EF
PS/2 ESDI: status: 08
PS/2 ESDI: reset interrupt after 1072 jiffies, 10.72 secs
PS/2 ESDI: Drive 0
PS/2 ESDI: Device Configuration Status for drive 0
PS/2 ESDI: Spares/cyls: 6
PS/2 ESDI: Config bits: Zero Defect, Skewed Format, Non-Removable, Retries
PS/2 ESDI: Number of RBA's: 118784
PS/2 ESDI: Physical number of cylinders: 767, Sectors/Track: 27, Heads: 6
 eda: eda1
.
.

# ls -l /dev/e*
crw-rw----  1 root   sys   10, 133 Aug 1 1997 /dev/exttrp
#




firemyst (loadlin install):
C:\> loadlin vmlinuz hd=767,27,6
Uncompressing Linux...done.
Now booting the kernel
Console: 16 point font, 400 scans
Console: ccolour VGA+ 80x25, 1 virtual console (max 63)
pci_init: no BIOS32 detected


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