NetBSD/i386 On IBM PS/2 (MCA) Machines

Jaromir Dolecek writes: "The support on NetBSD for these old IBM boxes has reached the point where it's useful for general work and should provide stable multiuser service. The NetBSD/i386 installation tools were also updated to support installation on this type of machines. The next NetBSD formal release will include all this support. Until then, it's available through NetBSD/i386 binary snapshots of the development branch. For further information, see the original announcement, the NetBSD site and NetBSD/i386 on IBM PS/2 page. Besides the hobbyist and enthusiast value of this project, the general support for MCA (MicroChannel Architecture) bus will also be used within upcoming NetBSD RS/6000 port, since quite a few of IBM RS/6000 boxes have MCA bus too."

Comments

yay

[faeryman]

now i can pull out the model 80 in my closet and install this. i tried Linux at first, but i had some problems with the EDSI drivers...anyone know if NetBSD does it better?

Damn

[jmenezes]

Just when i decide that i might as well give up on having anything useful happen with my Model 70, and get rid of it...
*sigh*
although, its def a good thing, seein as how a lot of the RS/6000 machines use MCA, so the bus support is something that should be very useful/important for any OS bein ported to those...