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From: tuinder@minixug.mugnet.org (Edvard Tuinder)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: minix not running on a hp-vectra
Message-ID: <254@minixug.mugnet.org>
Date: 10 Jan 91 21:52:40 GMT
Organization: MINIX User Group Holland (NLMUG)   -  MUGNET  -
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Hello everybody,

I'm having some trouble with getting minix running on a hp-vectra

The symptoms are:
- I get the starting menu. So I choose '=', the system set's up,
  loading the ramdisk and executing /etc/rc. (Choosing any other
  option end's up with the same result).
- So far so good.
- Then it ask's for the '/usr' disk in '/dev/fd0' and to hit 
  enter. (getlf)

That's about it. The entire keyboard seems to be out of order. I can
do entirely nothing. F1 doesn't work, same for F2, CTRL-F8, CTRL-F9.
Even _CTRL-ALT-DEL_ doesn't work. A total reset is the only option.

I think that one of the following defines (kernel/keyboard.c) should
be adjusted, but I don't know which one, and into what.
> #define KEYBD		0x60	/* I/O port for keyboard data */
> #define KB_COMMAND	0x64	/* I/O port for commands on AT */
> #define KB_STATUS	0x64	/* I/O port for status on AT */
> #define PS_KB_STATUS	0x72	/* I/O port for status on ps/2 (???) */
> #define PS_KEYBD	0x68	/* I/O port for data on ps/2 */

What I have:
- HP-vectra 286 1982/1985 (year not precise, it's second hand)
- 640K of memory, 20Mb Hd, 2 * 5 1/4 " floppy disk
- minix 1.5.10

If anyone has a solution for this problem, (or maybe a clue :-))
everything is welcome via e-mail.

thanks in advance

					Edvard Tuinder


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