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From: evans@syd.dit.CSIRO.AU (Bruce.Evans)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: MINIX on Hyundai 386SX At-clone
Message-ID: <1991Jun27.151717.14793@syd.dit.CSIRO.AU>
Date: 27 Jun 91 15:17:17 GMT
References: <1991Jun21.192618.3446@zia.aoc.nrao.edu> <1991Jun22.132009.4070@ohm.york.ac.uk>
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In article <1991Jun22.132009.4070@ohm.york.ac.uk> u8acb@ohm.york.ac.uk (+Alex Barclay) writes:
>In <1991Jun21.192618.3446@zia.aoc.nrao.edu> cflatter@zia.aoc.nrao.edu (Chris Flatters) writes:
>
>>The problem:
>>   MINIX refuses to boot from the distribution floppy.  The copyright
>>   message appears but the drive heads then get driven into the stops
>>   and back again.  An error message a reboot is attempted.  This
>>   repeats until I hit the reset switch & pull the floppy out.
>
>Try turning the clock speed down. My machine, a 386SX running at 16 or 8MHz
>won't boot Minix 1.2 unless the clock is running aat 8MHz. The problem

The main timing problem in the floppy driver was fixed in 1.5.

What size is the disribution floppy? 1.2M works best. Any other size may
run into various unportabilities in the boot program.
-- 
Bruce Evans		evans@syd.dit.csiro.au