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From: mconstable@peg.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Xenix on an A2286
Message-ID: <158700003@peg>
Date: 24 Jan 90 06:40:00 GMT
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Nf-ID: #N:peg:158700003:000:1666
Nf-From: peg.UUCP!mconstable    Jan 24 01:40:00 1990



An attempt to run Xenix on a BridgeBoard. So far...

I have an A2286 with a GVP halfcard and Quantum drive on the Amiga side,
and can boot of drive `c:' for MS-DOS after issuing `BindDrivers', and
`Run pc/PCWindow color' to see what's going on. Everything works fine.
My first attempt to boot straight from a Xenix disk gave a `boot failure'
response and system clearly at this stage expects an MS-DOS bootblock.
Renamed `pc/system/PC.boot' to `pc/system/xPC.boot' and rebooted the
Amiga for a clean `BindDrivers' attempt with the Xenix `N1' in `a:'.
To my delight I saw the Xenix `Boot' prompt and typed in `Install' to
which it responded with :-

fd(52) xenix root=fd(40) swap=ram(41) pipe=ram(40) swaplo=0 nswap=0

It then displayed a Xenix copyright screen and went into its A-Z test
where it stopped at `Q' (???). I suspect not finding the hard drive is
its problem (one of them at least) and having a controller and drive
straight of the A2286 would prove more fruitful, I know, but it would
be NICE if...can anyone help?

I've asked before but will try again, does anybody know a way of getting
more direct control of inter Amiga-A2286 communication, ie: I would
like to be able to auto execute (launch) a batch file on the Bridgeboard
from a shell on the Amiga side or vice-versa, preferably without even
running PCWindow first (for background tasks). Eventually I'll resort
to getting a serial card for the A2286 and cabling messages through,
but that seems ridiculous when they're both in th same box.

Misc. Queries:-  Anyone know about these?

                 sys:pc/services/autoload
                 ZaphodServiceTask
                 LPT1.jserver