Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!littlei!ogcvax!pcm From: pcm@ogcvax.UUCP (Phil Miller) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Re: Minix on Compaq Portable II Message-ID: <1549@ogcvax.UUCP> Date: 3 Feb 88 14:26:15 GMT References: Reply-To: pcm@ogcvax.UUCP (Phil Miller) Organization: Oregon Graduate Center, Beaverton, OR Lines: 33 In article HELMER%SDNET.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (Guy Helmer) writes: >Has anyone out there got Minix running on the Compaq Portable II? >I tried running Minix on [the Compaq Portable II], but while it was trying to >load the ram disk from floppy, I got an unexpected trap error. >From the messages I received the last time I enquired about this, >it doesn't seem that my Hardcard 20 is causing the trap. Is it >possible Minix isn't correctly trapping something on this machine? >It is an 80286 machine, but is it AT compatible or is it XT compatible? > I have had similar problems, caused by devices which apparently generate periodic interrupts. In my case, the device was my Logitech Bus Mouse. If I reset my PC prior to booting Minix, everything is ok. Now if someone would just develop a mouse driver... Phil Miller Self-responsible for verbal self-incrimination. ..filler.. -- ------------------------------------- Phil Miller Oregon Graduate Center {...}!tektronix!ogcvax!pcm