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[Table of Contents]

• Does SCO support my hardware?
• Can I perform an in-place upgrade?
• Can I have both IDE and SCSI Drives?
• How do I crash out of the install script?
• How much swap space do I need?
• I can't finish my SCO install because the GUI doesn't work
• What does "interupt is private" mean ?
• My >2GB ATA hard drive doesn't work with OSR5
• How can I recreate my install floppy?
• What is the procedure for performing replicated OS5 installs ?
• How can I access the documentation on the install CD if I don't yet have a SCO system installed?
• Why does the installation bomb out with a "Signal 8" error ?
• Do modern versions of SCO support IDE UDMA controllers?
• My AHA154x/174x isn't being detected
• How do I upgrade from an n-user licence?
• How do I configure an EIDE drive to work on 3.2v4.x?
• How do I find out the names of BTLDs on a BTLD diskette?
• How can I boot multiple operating systems?
• How do I install a BTLD on a running system?
• What SCSI adaptors are supported?
• How can I install a new disk controller that requires a different driver?
• What are the symptoms of a drive geometry problem?
• How do I repair a drive geometry problem?
• How do I learn the drive geometry of an old drive?
• When applying multiple SLS's, is it necessary to reboot between each patch application or could one apply all patches at once and then reboot?
• Why do I get "vhand spinning" ?

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