more xenix install/run problems

[John Miller]

References: <122 at accsys.acc.uu.no> <3767 at ursa-major.SPDCC.COM>

In article <3767 at ursa-major.SPDCC.COM>, eli at spdcc.COM (Steve Elias) writes:
> i'm using a more standard MDA card with xenix 286 2.2.3, now.
> the OS still dies many horrible deaths.  i can't keep it running
> for more than a few minutes.  panics panics panics.  often it dies
> during fsck, too.

I have a friend that was trying to install and run xenix 286 and it would
only live a short while before a panic took it down.  The problem was even
though he had 120ns memory he was running at one wait state.  He dropped the
wait state and now the thing runs like a charm.

John Miller

UUCP - johngm at dhw68k.cts.com