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From: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: PS/2 MINIX
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Date: 11 Dec 88 10:18:02 GMT
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The current status of MINIX on the PS/2 is this.  It works on the Model 30.
It fails on the Model 50 for unknown reasons.  The failure occurs the first
time it tries to read the floppy disk, so we suspect the DMA is different
for the microchannel.  More than that we don't know.

If there are any people who can easily download uuencoded boot images from
mail to a 3.5 inch diskette, test on a model 50, and report back fast, and
who are relatively knowledgeable about MINIX and the Model 50 and who want
to help debug this, let me know.

Patrick McCormick: Mail to you bounces.  Your user-id seems to be unknown.

Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)