SCO V3.2.2 Unix on Arche ProFile 386-33

[Jim Levie]

I'm having problems installing SCO V3.2.2 UNIX on an Arche ProFile
386-33. The system is configured with 8MB memory on the motherboard,
80387, Adaptec 1542B SCSI Host adaptor, 2 Segate ST2209N disks, 3.5"
floppy, and Trident 8916-2/4 VGA card. All of the basic hardware
appears to function correctly.

The failure mode manifests itself as an error uncompressing and/or a
tar directory checksum error. This will occur usually after processing
5 or more of the installation disks. Sometimes removing and
reinserting the disk will allow a retry to succeed.

At one point or another in fooling with this I've replaced every
component in this system except the mother board. The SCO people
suggested trying the install with the 128K cache disabled, which
typically allows a few (3-5) more of the disks to be processed. At
least with cache disabled I can get a minimal system installed on the
hard disks. The diskettes, even the ones it fails on, can be untar'd
just fine, so I doubt it`s the distribution.

Further conversations with SCO about the problems have suggested that
it may not be possible to install UNIX on that system. The SCO support
guy said that SCO has some problems with some cache machines and perhaps I
could replace that system with a differentone. At this point I'm
rather stuck, and what I really want to know is whether other people
have encountered similar problems, or if there's anyone that's
installed V3.2.2 on an Arche ProFile 386-33.



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