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From: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: MINIX DEMO: Boot failure
Keywords: MINIX DEMO
Message-ID: <4091@sixhub.UUCP>
Date: 16 Jun 91 22:36:37 GMT
References: <1991Jun14.170233.18317@oneb.wimsey.bc.ca>
Reply-To: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (bill davidsen)
Organization: *IX Public Access UNIX, Schenectady NY
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In article <1991Jun14.170233.18317@oneb.wimsey.bc.ca> degeard@oneb.wimsey.bc.ca (Dave DeGear) writes:

| The computer is a IBM clone 386-33Mhz with a 64k cache.  I've tried 
| running with the cache off and also with Shadow ram off.  I've got
| 4 megs of Ram installed.  The computer usually locks up somewhere 
| between the 45k and 115k loaded message.  I've been able to have the
| Minix load completely only once in about 8 tries.  The same boot disk
| will work on two other computers that I tried at work, but not on
| mine.  Has anyone else had a similar problem?

  Not with MINIX, but other odd software. If you system has an A20
option in setup (how address line 20 works), play with that. I have no
idea if it will help, but it is important to other software.
-- 
bill davidsen - davidsen@sixhub.uucp (uunet!crdgw1!sixhub!davidsen)
    sysop *IX BBS and Public Access UNIX
    moderator of comp.binaries.ibm.pc and 80386 mailing list
"Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me