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From: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Minix on IBM/PS
Message-ID: <1696@ast.cs.vu.nl>
Date: 23 Nov 88 23:21:05 GMT
References: <4212@opta.cl> <13164@ncoast.UUCP>
Reply-To: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Organization: VU Informatica, Amsterdam
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In article <13164@ncoast.UUCP> allbery@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon S. Allbery) writes:
>The standard {xt,at}_wini will NOT work with a Model 50, although at_wini
>apparently works on a Model 30.  The kernel I'm testing has the bios_wini
>driver just posted by ast; we shall see tomorrow if it works on a PS/2-50.

I have managed to run this test too, and it failed.  When reading in the
file system, FS hung.  My testing requires three machines in two cities
and is rather awkward.  Is there anyone out there who has a PS/2 model 50
or higher and a regular PC or AT on which MINIX works close together who
could help debug this?  I suspect that if anyone could make a binary, boot it,
observe the print out, change the printing, and repeat, we could find the
problem in a few hours, but my current turnaround is about 3-4 days per
debug run.

Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)