Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!van-bc!oneb!ondeck!degear From: degear@ondeck (Dave DeGear) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: MINIX DEMO: Boot failure Keywords: MINIX DEMO Message-ID: Date: 17 Jun 91 19:10:51 GMT References: <4091@sixhub.UUCP> Organization: Dept. of Chemistry, Malaspina College, Nanaimo BC, CAN Lines: 27 davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr) writes: > In article <1991Jun14.170233.18317@oneb.wimsey.bc.ca> degeard@oneb.wimsey.bc. > > | 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 Demo 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. My setup allows A20 to be off or on. I tried it in both positions and it didn't make any difference. My Bios is a Mr Bios Ver. E1.0B by Micoroid Research (1991) and the chipset is a OPTi386WB. So far this is the only program that has refused to work on this computer. --=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=- | Dave DeGear ...!ubc-cs!van-bc!oneb!ondeck!degear| | Department of Chemistry ondeck.oneb.wimsey.bc.ca | | Malaspina College, Nanaimo, BC, Can degear@mala.bc.ca | --=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=-