[comp.os.minix] Minix boot disks - creation of. . .

oliveau@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (Greg Oliveau) (03/12/90)

Forgive my naivite', but I'm having a hell of a hard time creating a
Minix boot disk after making some changes to the kernel.  Rumor has
it at UCLA that having excessive printf statments, or code in general,
may cause this.  The problem seems to be intermittent - if the system
won't boot once trying it again *sometimes* works, as will trying to
boot on a different system.

Ok, the specifics:
		* We are using version 1.2
		* The system hangs immediately after hitting
		  '=' at the first (only) menu.
		* The code added to the kernel (and mm) is minimal -
		* I am adding a task to handle process syncronization
		  with semaphores - not a LOT of code.
		* Better results are *sometimes* obtained if a DOS
		  format is done to the boot disk before making it
		  into the boot disk on the SAME machine.
		* I/we am/are using heavily used IBM PC-AT's (could
		  tired drives effect the behavior?)

Any clues would be extremely helpfull.  I really hate spending most of
my time trying to simply get the system to boot up!!

Please E-mail responses to me directly.

Thanks in advance,
			Greg.