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From: tboatma@hubcap.clemson.edu (Tommy Boatman)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: HELP
Message-ID: <1991May2.221459.7701@hubcap.clemson.edu>
Date: 2 May 91 22:14:59 GMT
Organization: Clemson University
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Hello All (this is my first post so please bear with me)

I just became the proud owner of the MINIX demo disk for the IBM PC.
I got the file written to a disk and then tried to boot it.
At first everything seemed fine...but when i typed u to start MINIX
The system gave me a message at the top of the screen that read

Nonmaskable interrupt
process number -9, pc=0x0060:0x00005c95

Kernel panic: exception in kernel, mm or fs
Type any key to reboot

after typing a key the machine does a warm boot and the cycle goes on.
I have an IBM clone that I put together myself with various parts.
Is there any hope of me getting it to run (I remember reading that
MINIX may not work on clones) on my system, or should I give up?
Thanks a bunch for any help anybody can give me.

-tommy