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From: rfarris@serene.CTS.COM (Rick Farris)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: Swapping a 386 motherboard into a 286
Summary: But what about disk structures?
Message-ID: <287@serene.CTS.COM>
Date: 13 Oct 88 03:37:48 GMT
References: <279@serene.CTS.COM> <215@ispi.UUCP>
Reply-To: rfarris@.UUCP (Rick Farris)
Organization: Serenity Systems,  Del Mar, Ca.
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In article <215@ispi.UUCP> jbayer@ispi.UUCP writes:
~In article <279@serene.CTS.COM>, rfarris@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?

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