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From: duc@mport.COM (Richard Ducoty)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: SVR4.0
Message-ID: <47@mport.COM>
Date: 18 Apr 91 15:57:03 GMT
References: <9104051959.AA23768@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> <1991Apr6.184400.47303@cc.usu.edu> <1991Apr13.034245.13047@shared.uucp> <9104152217.20@rmkhome.UUCP>
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rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly) writes:

>In article (Dave Close) writes:
>>In article jrd@cc.usu.edu writes:

>>>	2. determine whether your machine will even boot that Unix. For
>>>example, most AMI Bios machines I've checked will not boot AT&T's SVR4,
>>>but a Phoenix Bios is just fine.

>>My Northgate Elegance 386 boots Intel SVr4 fine with the AMI BIOS.

>I think jrd has it bass ackwards.  SVr4 doesn't like shadowed BIOS.  Phoenix
>doesn't allow you to turn off BIOS shadowing in the setup program, AMI does.
=====

I run Phoenix BIOS on my Mylex MXA-33 / Microport SVR4 with no problems.
My Phoenix BIOS allows me to turn off shadowing.  There are quite a
few versions and revs of Phoenix, AMI, et.al BIOSii (pl?) ...

Richard


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