Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!nuchat!splut!jay
From: jay@splut.UUCP (Jay Maynard)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: DOSMerge/286 and Microport problem
Message-ID: <209@splut.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 26-Oct-87 11:57:19 EST
Article-I.D.: splut.209
Posted: Mon Oct 26 11:57:19 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 28-Oct-87 06:12:34 EST
References: <207@splut.UUCP>
Organization: Confederate Microsystems, League City, TX
Lines: 24
Keywords: hangs the system on installation
Summary: Microport support exists!


I called Microport this morning, and talked to a John (Sully?) in the tech
support department. For those of you who haven't discovered the 'p' key to
read the parent article, after I installed DOSMerge/286 on my 2.2.1L SV/AT,
running on an Everex/AT Plus System 1800A, rebooting with the new Merge
kernel hangs the system, apparently in the hard disk driver.

John had heard of this problem before, and told me that the problem was the
Access Methods Inc. (AMI) BIOS used in later 1800-series computers. It seems
there's a bug in that particular BIOS ROM, and that Merge had been
successfully tested in an 1800 with an Award BIOS. He also said that AMI
knew of the bug and was working on it, but he didn't know when they'd have
it fixed.

For the doubters out there about Microport support, (and I have been one of
them at times!) it looks like they are really trying to upgrade the image. I
called on the 800 number, was immediately put through to tech support, and
got the answers I needed quickly. I hope they can keep it up.

-- 
Jay Maynard, K5ZC (@WB5BBW)...>splut!< | uucp: uunet!nuchat!splut!jay
Never ascribe to malice that which can |  or: academ!uhnix1!--^
adequately be explained by stupidity.  | GEnie: JAYMAYNARD   CI$: 71036,1603
The opinions herein are shared by neither of my cats, much less anyone else.