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On 19 Feb 98 at 20:19, Joel Bluming wrote:
> Someone gave me an old PS/2 Model 50 Z to fix. The
> Hard Drive (30 Megs) sounds like a sanding disk. Of
> course it won't boot. I get an red circle with a
> line and an arrow pointing to IBM on the screen.
> Does anyone know what type of hard drive it uses,
> what processor, and how to get into the CMOS setup
> (do I need a disk)?.
IIRC (If I Recall Correctly), it uses an 80286 CPU and an ESDI
controller/drive. I believe it does need a "reference diskette" to
get into the CMOS; that, at least, should be downloadable from IBM's
web site.
> I want to use it to run Linux.
I suspect that Linux wants at least a 386, with its MMU. I don't
know if there's an ESDI driver for Linux. Could be possible, but I
think the machine is just a bit too old for what you have in mind.
David G
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