Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!decwrl!bacchus.pa.dec.com!deccrl!shlump.nac.dec.com!wjg.enet.dec.com!guineau From: guineau@wjg.enet.dec.com (W. John Guineau) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Re: MINIX and 68030 Message-ID: <1990Oct2.072015@wjg.enet.dec.com> Date: 2 Oct 90 11:22:54 GMT References: <32014@nigel.ee.udel.edu> Sender: newsdaemon@shlump.nac.dec.com Reply-To: guineau@wjg.enet.dec.com Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation, Marlboro, MA Lines: 19 I recieved Minix last night for the Amiga. I have an A2500/30 so obvoiusly Minix is dead (hung solid after asking for the root disk). I managed toi get the loader converted to compile under SAS/C (Lattice) and am now wondering if I can make the proper changes to the loader so it will null out the mmu and load the kernel into a "safe" area. If this is possible, will Minix boot or will it choke on the 030 exception frames (which *should* be easy to fix)? Will it only choke if an exception occurs or are there other gotchas? -- W. John Guineau guineau@wjg.enet.dec.com Digital Equipment Corporation Marlboro MA. 01752