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From: erlingh@idt.unit.no (Erling Henanger)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Trouble using ST-minix
Keywords: BIG TROUBLE
Message-ID: <1990Aug22.234432.2298@idt.unit.no>
Date: 22 Aug 90 23:44:32 GMT
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Reply-To: erlingh@idt.unit.no (Erling Henanger)
Organization: Div of CS & T, Norwegian Institute of Technology
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Hello netters.
I have a strange problem using st-minix, and that is that the system hangs up
VERY often. Sometimes the system hangs immediately after loading the minix.img,
whithout getting any chance to login at all !
This might happen 10-20 times in a row, and then suddenly the system will
work for hours (and weeks). I can't seem to figure out any reason why this
happpens at all, since nothing similar ever happens while running TOS.
I`ve tried compiling the GNUkernel (which was a pain in the ... when the 
system started to hang...) but the same thing happened with this kernel.
Right now I'm desperate, because I haven't been able to use the system
for weeks, and I'm curious to see whether minix 1.5.10 will work any better.
(Got the sources downloaded and all...)

If i manage to login at all, the system usually hangs up after
5-10 minutes. 
I've tried recompiling my original sources for commands, kernel, and libraries
but nothing seems to be working any better than the other.
My hardware is a Mega-ST 2, whith a Megafile 60. (It also hangs up if I
disconnect the hard-disk, so that is definetly NOT the reason).
At first I didn't have a blitter, and  when I finally got one, nothing was
changed.
I use (american) TOS 1.4, but originally had Swedish TOS 1.2 that didn't 
work either.
Sometimes I get the kernel-panic message '*task got message from -1' when
the system hangs, but usually I see no error message at all.

Any hint to get rid of this uglyness is very much appreciated.

Erling henanger