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From: kapil@zarquon.uchicago.edu (Kapil Paranjape)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Help!!!
Summary: Minix does not boot!
Keywords: IBM, XT, 1.5
Message-ID: <1990Dec22.153714.26977@midway.uchicago.edu>
Date: 22 Dec 90 15:37:14 GMT
Sender: kapil@zaphod.uchicago.edu
Organization: Department of Mathematics
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Has anyone faced the problem which I have:
1. Boot diskette #1 works fine and produces a prompt.
2. On the introduction of diskette #4 and pressing = the expected
divison of memory etc is obtained. The system then says remove
root diskette.
3. Following instructions, the diskette #5 is introduced and a carriage
return is typed. There is no response from the system for a long time
(approx 2 min) The diskette light too does not come on.
4. Finally in desperation DEL is pressed and this produces the following
response:
	init: couldn't exec login

Is this a problem with the hardware (which of course I have been
asssured is 100% hardware compatible with IBM :-|(=)--or some problem
with the distribution diskettes that I got?

Thanks in advance.
Kapil Paranjape.