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From: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: PS/2 Minix  (RePost)
Keywords: PS/2 minix
Message-ID: <7256@star.cs.vu.nl>
Date: 8 Aug 90 10:34:59 GMT
References: <1602@kirk.nmg.bu.oz>
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Organization: Fac. Wiskunde & Informatica, VU, Amsterdam
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In article <1602@kirk.nmg.bu.oz> bambi@kirk.nmg.bu.oz (David J. Hughes) writes:
>Can anyone point me in the direction of an IBM PS/2 60 and above port of
>Minix (1.3.0 or greater). 

MINIX 1.5 should run on any PS/2 model.  However, unless you have an ST506
disk, you will have to run using the bios_wini.c disk driver.  This implies
that you must run in real mode, and can only use 640K for program memory.
You can, however, use extended memory for RAM disk, so it is not wasted.

To run in protected mode, an ESDI disk driver will be needed.  As far as I
know, nobody is currently working on it.  Sounds like a good project for you.

Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)