Swapping a 386 motherboard into a 286
Rick Farris
rfarris at serene.CTS.COM
Thu Oct 13 13:37:48 AEST 1988
In article <215 at ispi.UUCP> jbayer at ispi.UUCP writes:
~In article <279 at serene.CTS.COM>, rfarris at serene.CTS.COM (Rick Farris) writes:
~~
~~ If I just swap the motherboards, will 286 Xenix boot and run with no
~~ problems on the 386? That would be really peachy, because then I could
~~ install the 386 version of Xenix over the top of the 286 version, and my
~~ spool directories, and user stuff would still be intact.
~~
~
~The summary says it all. [It said "286 xenix runs on a 386"]
~
~Jonathan Bayer
Yes, but once I get the 386 motherboard installed, the plan is to upgrade
to 386 xenix. Will it read my 286 style harddisks?
Hey SCO! Are you listening? Will this work?
Rick Farris rfarris at serene.cts.com voice (619) 259-6793
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