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From: chapman@sco.COM (Brian Chapman)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: SCO Xenix 2.2.3 boot problem for HP Vectra ES/12 286 (with HP EGA)
Message-ID: <670@sysco>
Date: 3 Apr 89 18:20:58 GMT
References: <2300001@hpldsla.HP.COM> <1234@Portia.Stanford.EDU>
Reply-To: chapman@sco.COM (Brian Chapman)
Organization: The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
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In article <1234@Portia.Stanford.EDU> karish@forel.stanford.edu (Chuck Karish) writes:
>In article <2300001@hpldsla.HP.COM> mjoshi@hpldsla.HP.COM wrote:
>>I have a problem with booting SCO Xenix 2.2.3 on an HP Vectra 
>>ES/12 286 AT box. The problem occurs when booting from floppy
>>for the filesystem (N2) part of the OS. The screen blanks out
>>and the Vectra just dies. 
>

Make sure you have one of the real PC-clone type vectras.  There
are older 286 Vectras that required a special vectra version of
2.2 SCO Xenix.   Also the special vectra version will not run
on the later true clones.

Note: there is nothing _wrong_ with the old non-clone Vectras.
Hp had a few features that were "better than" IBM compatible
and it took them a while to part with them.
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	Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.
Brian Chapman		uunet!sco!chapman	SCO UNIX 3.2 Development