Re: My experience with MiNT 0.99

[Julian F. Reschke <julian@GINA.UNI-MUENSTER.DE>]

> 
> First of all my hardware configuration configuration:
> 
> 	- ST520+ upgraded with
> 	- 4Mb ST-Ram
> 	- SST68030 with 4Mb-FastRam
> 	- ST296 SCSI disk.
> 
> First I compiled MiNT with MULTITOS defined. This version completely
> hangs after showing the wellcome message. I didn't specify any gem.sys
> in mint.cnf. Where do I get this? Is it the gem.prg, which was part of
> the earlier MiNT packages.
> 
> After this I recompiled without MULTITOS defined and got a nicely
> working version. However I got problems with several versions of GDOS
> programs. If I disable a GDOS version, the machine boots up fine. When
> I enable the GDOS I get a MEMORY VIOLATION somewhere, when TOSWIN
> loads the configured executables (EMACS and TCSH). The desktop is
> displayed and I can move the mouse cursor, but that's all. I checked
> three GDOS programs:
> 
> 	amcgdos 3.21
> 	amclight 4.0
> 	gdos 1.1
> 
> With all of these I get the same result.
> 
> Does anyone have similar experiences?

One thing to watch for (I'm not sure what MULTITOS sets up): the normal ROM
AES doesn't work with memory protection at all. Have you tried mint -p?

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