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From: jay@hermix.UUCP (Jay Skeer)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: mx386 upgrade problems -- help!
Message-ID: <229@hermix.UUCP>
Date: 11 Apr 91 19:59:18 GMT
References: <1991Apr6.144159.22831@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>
Organization: Mark V Systems, Ltd., Encino, Ca
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In-reply-to: rt2@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu's message of 6 Apr 91 14:41:59 GMT


  I have used the normal, non-shoelace, procedure to build boot disks
for minix386.  To do so you must solve a problem: build will gladly
make immages with larger than 64k data or code space, the boot block
(or is it init?) format allows it too.  But, the actual loader
doesn't.  It ought to be fixed.

  Since the only place this bug bites is the FS, I just recompiled it
with only 30 buffers (same as the pc) rather than 300.

j'

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