I'm trying to install SCO Xenix 5, from 5.25" floppies and
according to the instructions I should boot from the floppy,
press Enter at the boot prompt, and a command line which
includes fd(4) xenix root-fd(4) swap...(etc, instruction doesn't give
rest of line) should appear. However, what really appears (on
various machines) is:

fd(52) xenix root=fd(52) swap=ram (0) pipe=ram(1) swplo=0
nswap=1000 ronly

after that line appears, the computer reboots, and the same
process repeats.

What are the hardware requirements for this OS?
I was using it on plenty of 286's with 2 meg ram and 20 meg HD,
 way back when, but I can't remember if they had any special
boards,  as well.

Ideas?

Many TIA,
Michael Beechey

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