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From: jds@mimsy.UUCP (James da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Minix on 386 machines
Message-ID: <15062@mimsy.UUCP>
Date: 19 Dec 88 02:52:51 GMT
References: <5998@louie.udel.EDU> <17124@dhw68k.cts.com>
Reply-To: jds@mimsy.umd.edu (James da Silva)
Organization: University of Maryland, Department of Computer Science
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In article <17124@dhw68k.cts.com> allan@dhw68k.cts.com (Alan Perry) writes:
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>At this point, I would be happy if Minix ran on my 386 machine at all (let
>alone take advantage of all its nifty features!!).
>
>Are there any 386 machines that Minix runs on (I know that I, the keeper
>of the compatability list, should know, but the list isn't handy)?

Well, it at least runs on the Intel iSBC 386-AT (yes, it's in the
compatibility list).  Actually, lots of people seem to have Minix working
on their 386s.

What Minix version are you trying, and what are the problems you're having?
The only problems I've heard of with Minix specific to the 386 are the
`lock nop' problem in vid_copy --- but that's ancient history, fixed in 1.2
--- and timing problems in the floppy driver.

But then, 386 AT clones are subject to the same compatibility problems as
all other clones, so it could be any number of things unrelated to the 386.

Jaime
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