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From: vodall@hpfcso.HP.COM (Bill Vodall)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Minix on the Amiga 1000
Message-ID: <7200005@hpfcso.HP.COM>
Date: 12 Dec 90 00:03:57 GMT
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> / hpfcso:comp.os.minix / edp367s@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Rik Harris) /  5:24 am  Dec 10, 1990 /
> For anyone who was wondering whether or not to get Amiga Minix because
> they weren't sure if it worked on a 1000:  It works.

I think that's good news?  I received Minix for my 1000 last month and after
getting it to boot using the minix.img.bu - it promptly wrote yuckos on the
system disk.

Are you using a standard book disk?  Did you have to recreate it with the
minix.img.bu?  Are you using the patched boot file that was posted here
a couple weeks ago?

Can you format the PC style floppies with the supplied utility for making
backups of the Minix disks?

Is it necessary to turn off the FAST ram?

> 
> I have only 1 floppy, which makes life rather slow when doing anything
> like compiling, so I am really waiting for someone to put some work
> into hard-drive drivers.

I almost hope that drivers aren't made available.  It's going to cost bucks
for a new disk when they are.  :-)

> 
> 
> Oh, and Atari ST Minix binaries definitely do work fine on the Amiga.
> I tried a new version of elvis that was compiled on my friend's ST,
> and it worked perfectly.  So, start scouring those atari minix
> archives...

That is good news!

> 
> 
> Rik.
> 
> -- 

Thanks for the update.  Yours has been the first good news this month.


Bill