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Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 17:10:47 +0200
From: Martin =?iso-8859-1?Q?=D6sterlund?= <pavlos@cheerful.com>
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Subject: Re: Minix on a PS/2 Model 30
References: <38078522.E957827C@cityweb.de> <msd9u7.ro.ln@jetsam.cs.vu.nl> <38091B99.CF21B293@cityweb.de> <380A1F11.FBBC3160@cityweb.de> <508hu7.di3.ln@jetsam.cs.vu.nl> <380CB1B1.82097BD3@cityweb.de>
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Steffen Sobiech wrote:
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> Kees J Bot wrote:
> >
> > In article <380A1F11.FBBC3160@cityweb.de>,
> > Steffen Sobiech  <ssobiech@cityweb.de> wrote:
> > >
> > >With hd=3Dbios Minix can succesfully access the hd,
> > >BUT as soon as the first access occurs the keyboard stops working.
> > >Bad luck (and bug in Minix?)...
> >
> > Bug, missing feature, who knows.  It looks like your PS/2 doesn't lik=
e
> > it if Minix changes the A20 line through the keyboard controller, as =
is
> > normally done on any other PC.  To avoid that use 'processor=3D86'.  =
Minix
> > will now think it is a lowly 8086, but at least it will work.
> Well, does that mean 640K memory only?
> As I said, bad luck ...

There is a remedy for the gate A20-problem!

Use Dr. Ishibashi's patch from
http://home.gis.net/~keith7/computers/55n_tar.Z


Good luck!

/Martin
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