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From: hall@marigold.cs.odu.edu (Randy Hall)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: DOS and Minix Partitions
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Date: 7 May 91 17:26:02 GMT
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In article <1217@opus.NMSU.Edu> kduling@nmsu.edu (Kevin Duling) writes:
>I'm trying to run Minix 1.5 on a Tandy 1000 SX (8088 processor) with a 32 Meg
>Seagate 138R drive that has a Super Bios II formatter (Copywrite Western 

A friend of mine installed minix on his tandy and had to change some jumppers.
First, the hatd drive controller uses sector translation to make the computer
think it has 17 sectors instead of 26 sectors.  Second, I think that the tandy
uses the IQR normaly for the HD for video sync.  (at least on the TX)  You
need to disable the video sync and set the HD controller to use that 
standard IRQ.  After these hardware changes were made, use the universal
boot disk to get started (BIOS DRIVER)

Sorry for not being able to give any of the details but I wasn't the one who
did the installation.  I think he got all of his information from the tandy
technical reference manual.


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                                   Randy Hall
                                   hall@cs.odu.edu