Was: where is the new meeting place?

[Gregory J. Neumann]

Hi, Ron!

Linux has been a true 32-bit O/S since 1991 and It works just fine on 386's, but 
not (w/o special tweaking, if even then) a 286 or below..  ISA is a 16 bit data 
bus, not CPU bus.  True 32 bit refers to the processor internals, not the external 
busses.  XP works fine w/ the dual Pentium Pro board I have, even though I have an 
ISA slot and the built in sound is also an ISA.  Sound works fine when I bother to 
plug in the speakers.  All these buses running around inside these computers!  
You'd think we'd need a bus schedule!! ;-)  Too easy to get it all confused!

-Greg

> On Friday 12 April 2002 17:49, you wrote:
> > Hey, yeah I tried Grub, doesn't recognize Windows XP either
> >
> ><-------------------------------snip------------------------------------->
> 
> Well if grub won't work either, and you checked the settings in grub.
> Hmm...I'm sure there is a way to do it but I've not tried it yet to see 
> what's the way around that. I have not bought a new box for an XP 
> installation. My systems have ISA slots and XP does not use 16bit hardware 
> since its a true 32bit system. They say you can run it on a board with ISA 
> slots (I'm not to sure that this is true it sounds to me more like bulls@&t), 
> but from what I've heard it will run, but crippled? Well Windows 2000 is in 
> the same venue so, I myself would not waste the time trying to get it to run 
> on a board with ISA slots anyway. I have XP and Office XP but have no system 
> presently to install it on right now. Seams to me like a real poser. Well 
> when you find the answer let us know, I wish I could be of more help. I too 
> will do a XP/Linux installation soon hopefully.
> 
> Ron