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From: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Minix 1.3 + RS232/EGA enhancements bug report
Keywords: Amoeba, Minix, RS232, EGA, bugs
Message-ID: <1560@ast.cs.vu.nl>
Date: 21 Oct 88 16:42:20 GMT
References: <1499@ast.cs.vu.nl> <1517@ast.cs.vu.nl> <14314@comp.vuw.ac.nz>
Reply-To: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Organization: VU Informatica, Amsterdam
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In article <14314@comp.vuw.ac.nz> jonathan@comp.vuw.ac.nz (Jonathan) writes:
>	Minix 1.3 with the RS232/EGA enhancements (1.3e? 1.3f?) and
>	Amoeba networking with Ethernet interface support does not boot.

Oh good grief.  You're right.  I checked, and what is happening is that
the kernel with RS232 + Ethernet is more than 64K.  You have to put -i
in the makefile in amoeba/kernel for the call to asld.  Try that and please
report what happens.

Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)