feustel@well.sf.ca.us (David Alan Feustel) (10/03/90)
I just got the 3.5" Version of Minix 1.5 and have found problems with
the diskettes.
01 PC Boot Disk - no boot sector
02 AT Boot Disk - not formatted
03 Universal Boot Disk - OK: System boots and runs but:
does not find real time clock.
04 Root File System - boot sector is all zeroes
(can't diskcopy without dos media
descriptor byte)
05 System Binaries #1(/usr) - ditto
06 System Binaries #2 - ditto
07 System Binaries #3 - ditto
08 Operating System Sources - ditto
09 Commands Sources #1 - ditto
10 Commands Sources #2 - ditto
11 Networking Sources - ditto
12 Boot Disk with ST506 Hard Disk - OK: System boots and runs
in protected mode but:
does not recognize IDE controller.
does not find real time clock.
My Hardware Configuration:
ALR SX386Z with 80387 NPX, 8 meg ram, 100 meg Conner IDE HD,
Artisoft 2mb/sec Lan controller, Iomega 20 mb removeable hd,
Logitech Mouse on com1, Anchor 2400 internal modem on com2.
Runs all versions of IBM OS/2 (1.0,1.1,1.2). Disk formatted using
IBM PCDOS 3.3 format command to 1 32 meg primary and 1 extended
partition containing 3 32 meg and 1 smaller partitions.
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Dave Feustel, 1930 Curdes Ave, Fort Wayne, IN 46805-2710 (219)-482-9631
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