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From: ed@iitmax.IIT.EDU (Ed Federmeyer)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Will Minix run on a Sota286/i?
Message-ID: <3927@iitmax.IIT.EDU>
Date: 2 Jul 90 22:43:23 GMT
Reply-To: ed@iitmax.iit.edu (Ed Federmeyer)
Organization: Illinois Institute of Technology
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I have sucessfully upgraded Minix to 1.5.10, and would like to use the
'286' mode...  I have a PC/XT clone with a Sota 286/i "speedup" board.  So
far, when I run DOS "system checkers" they all think it is a 286...  but when
I try to run Minix in the '286' mode, it hangs.  (8088 mode works like a charm
though...)  Does anyone else have one of these boards running Minix in the
'286' mode?  I kinda figure you need the Sota Memory/16 "expantion-expantion"
:-) board to make the XT look enough like an AT to use all the interrupts
and stuff, but I thought maybe I am just overlooking something.  Any ideas?

Thanks,  Ed Federmeyer  (ed@iitmax.iit.edu)  (sysed@iitVax.bitnet)
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