Return to BSD News archive
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