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From: mbeck@amsaa-seer.arpa (SECAD-guest)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: MINIX 1.2 on a 386-based machine?
Message-ID: <1569@louie.udel.EDU>
Date: 16 Mar 88 01:49:57 GMT
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[ Forgive me if this is a double-posting.. I used the wrong method of ]
[ posting it and figured this was the "right" way..  Mark.            ]

Hello All -

     Was thinking of purchasing a 386-based machine and wanted to see if
MINIX 1.2 would run on one.

     Last Monday I went over to a local dealer who had a bare-bones 386
(Mylex motherboard, 16 MHzok, 1 MByte 100 nsec RAM, 64K static cache, WD
WA2 controller, monochrome monitor + display card to match, and a 360K
floppy drive; he wanted $1,800 for it) and tried booting MINIX.

     This test was done with the stock 1.2 PC-style 360K distribution
boot disk set.

     The boot software started with no problems.  However, a few seconds
after inserting the root file system disk and pressing "=", MINIX
displayed a "trap <16" message, a second message telling me that block 0
on this disk is unreadable, and a third message telling me to press any
key for a re-boot.

     Three cycles of this and I thought the root file system disk was
bad.  Took it over to a machine with a 286-based motherboard (DTK) and
MINIX booted with no problems.

     Question: Has anyone gotten MINIX to run on a 386-based machine?

     Please e-mail direct.. if sufficient interest, I'll summarize.

Regards,
Mark Becker
mbeck@amsaa-seer.arpa