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From: cechew@bruce.cs.monash.OZ.AU (Earl Chew)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Questions from a beginner
Message-ID: <2746@bruce.cs.monash.OZ.AU>
Date: 26 Jul 90 22:43:17 GMT
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Organization: Monash Uni. Computer Science, Australia
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In <25667@nigel.udel.EDU> archer%segin4.segin.fr@prime.com (Vincent Archer) writes:

>>	2/ In release 1.3, Minix uses the 8088/8086 processor. Is there
>>any update to use 286 or 386 protected mode ?

>Try the 386 Gurus. Bruce Evans is the "master" of 386-ing.

The standard 1.5.10 distribution will run in protected mode on >= 286 machines.
In order to run in paged mode, you will require Bruce Evans' 386 kernel
patches which are available from the Adelaide archive site --- I'm not sure if
they're available from the US Minix archive site. It is not yet possible to run
Minix with full blown virtual memory -- well at least not with Bruce Evans'
patches.

Earl
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Earl Chew, Dept of Computer Science, Monash University, Australia 3168
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