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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsserver.jvnc.net!gmd.de!mururoa!veit From: veit@mururoagmd.de (Holger Veit) Subject: Re: npx-0.4 Message-ID: <1993Apr7.062332.9390@gmd.de> Sender: veit@mururoa (Holger Veit) Nntp-Posting-Host: mururoa.gmd.de Organization: GMD, Sankt Augustin, Germany References: <0fkT6Je00iUx87nkl9@andrew.cmu.edu> Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1993 06:23:32 GMT Lines: 33 In article <0fkT6Je00iUx87nkl9@andrew.cmu.edu>, "Alex R.N. Wetmore" <aw2t+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes: |> I have been having trouble getting the new npx-0.4 stuff to work. I |> have followed the instructions but when I boot up the kernel stops |> waiting for npx0 to interrupt. If I wait long enough (or hit a key?) it |> will bring up a message saying that npx0 never interrupted. |> |> I have also installed the other two patches that go along with this |> (com-0.2 and intr-0.0). Here is my hardware: |> Mitsubishi 386dx/16 with 80387dx/16 I remember one posting that said that npx-0.4 is for 486/487 only, and causes problems like the ones you describe on 386/87 based systems. |> 8.5 megs of megs of memory (2.5 is 16-bit, but that shouldn't matter). |> 16450 uarts |> 110 meg hard drive |> paradise vga |> |> don't really think much else will matter. Any clues? |> |> thanks, |> alex |> Holger -- Dr. Holger Veit | INTERNET: Holger.Veit@gmd.de | | / GMD-SET German National Research | Phone: (+49) 2241 14 2448 |__| / Center for Computer Science | Fax: (+49) 2241 14 2342 | | / P.O. Box 13 16 | Three lines Signature space | |/ Schloss Birlinghoven | available for rent. Nearly DW-5205 St. Augustin, Germany | unused, good conditions