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From: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Minix 1.5 Runs in Protected Mode (on an 8088)?
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Date: 18 Sep 90 10:43:02 GMT
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In article <13331@netcom.UUCP> feustel@netcom.UUCP (David Fuestel) writes:
>I just read the Minix 1.5 announcement which states that Minix 1.5 will run
>in protected 286/386 mode and also that Minix 1.5 will run on XTs. I would
>like to know how Minix 1.5 is made to run in protected mode.

When it boots, it figures out what kind of machine it is running on by
some heuristics, and then either enters protected mode or not, depending
whether it has an 8088 or 80x86.

Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)