jonathan@comp.vuw.ac.nz (Jonathan) (10/20/88)
In article <1517@ast.cs.vu.nl> ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum) writes: >I have tested it on 3 machines, and it seems to >be ok, but I would greatly appreciate it if more people could test it and >report back fast. Bug: Minix 1.3 with the RS232/EGA enhancements (1.3e? 1.3f?) and Amoeba networking with Ethernet interface support does not boot. (at least, not on a monochrome Commodore PC-40). [[ I know I'm the only person who actually *uses* Minix networking, but I'd like to keep doing so! ]] Symptom: When attempting to start a loaded Minix, the machine hangs immediately after pressing the "=" key. That is, it doesn't print out the hardware address of the Ethernet interface. I didn't get any response from <Ctrl-Alt-Del>, and had to cycle the power. Repeat-By: Apply the patches in <1577@ast.vu.cs.nl>. Build an Amoeba kernel by (for example) # cd minix/amoeba # make with a scratch floppy in /dev/[af]d0. Boot the resulting floppy on a machine with a WD-8003 with factory default configuration. (Sync it first.) Fix-by: Not immediately obvious. Instead, I reverted to minix/kernel source that matches the CRC log in posting <1499@ast.cs.vu.nl> [[what is this called -- 1.3d? 1.3e?), and built another Amoeba kernel. That seems to work okay, which at least limits the scope of the problem to the files that changed in <1517@ast.cs.vu.nl>. [[ I *really* want some names for the different post-1.3c posting #14 Minix sources ! ]] -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- sane mailers: jonathan@comp.vuw.ac.nz | Industrial democracy: UUCP path: ...!uunet!vuwcomp!jonathan | One factory, one vote!
ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum) (10/21/88)
In article <14314@comp.vuw.ac.nz> jonathan@comp.vuw.ac.nz (Jonathan) writes: > Minix 1.3 with the RS232/EGA enhancements (1.3e? 1.3f?) and > Amoeba networking with Ethernet interface support does not boot. Oh good grief. You're right. I checked, and what is happening is that the kernel with RS232 + Ethernet is more than 64K. You have to put -i in the makefile in amoeba/kernel for the call to asld. Try that and please report what happens. Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)
jonathan@comp.vuw.ac.nz (Jonathan) (10/25/88)
In article <1560@ast.cs.vu.nl> ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum) writes: >In article <14314@comp.vuw.ac.nz> jonathan@comp.vuw.ac.nz (Jonathan) writes: >> Minix 1.3 with the RS232/EGA enhancements (1.3e? 1.3f?) and >> Amoeba networking with Ethernet interface support does not boot. > >Oh good grief. You're right. I checked, and what is happening is that >the kernel with RS232 + Ethernet is more than 64K. You have to put -i >in the makefile in amoeba/kernel for the call to asld. Try that and please >report what happens. I've tried it, it works. I'm so glad I have a 1.2 asld. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- sane mailers: jonathan@comp.vuw.ac.nz | Industrial democracy: UUCP path: ...!uunet!vuwcomp!jonathan | One factory, one vote!