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From: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: ibm-1.5.5:build.c: what happened to the 0xAA55 problem?
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Date: 18 Mar 90 15:42:35 GMT
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In article <759@augean.OZ> cagney@chook.ua.oz (Andrew Cagney - aka Noid) writes:
>A while ago there was some discussion about the minix boot block and how
>some BIOS's require the word `0xAA55' at the end of the boot block.

1. I'm back.
2. I think I missed this stuff.  What has to be done to 1.5.5 to keep these
   BIOSes happy?

Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)