In article <dingelde.719765444@putzl>, dingelde@igd.fhg.de (Dennis Dingeldein) writes:
) I tried to run Linux on three Machines (2x386 and 1x486) in my company.
) One of them was a Compaq 386.
) The Results were AS BAD AS POSSIBLE
) Linux did not run on ANY MACHINE !
) 
) The "loading..." appeared, filled a whole line, the screen blanked and
) everything started again (i.e. the machines started to boot again)
) 
) SO HERE IS MY QUESTION:
) Any hints what I did wrong, is there a list who says "the following
) machines will work with linux: .... (long list of names) ??????????????????
) 

how are you loading linux? if you're using bootlin, then you can't have 
EMS emulators in config.sys.  That produces results quite similar to 
what you got.

It has to do with not being able to get into protected mode easily,
or something like that.


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Eric J. Schwertfeger, maniac@cs.unlv.edu