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From: bdale@col.hp.com (Bdale Garbee)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.nsc.32k
Subject: Re: Minix hangs at start up
Message-ID: <9102251650.AA18739@hpcsbg.col.hp.com>
Date: 25 Feb 91 16:50:13 GMT
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> Now all works fine. Still a mystery as to why 8MB should cause MINIX to 
> fail, anyone want to expand on this?

I recall Bruce or someone posting a patch to the mailing list ages ago to fix
this.  It related I think to the memory sizing code not being perfect in the
case of 8meg, mostly because noone had that much RAM in their machine during
testing...

I can dig through my archives if need be, email me directly if so...

Bdale