Re: Pre-Announcement MiNT 1.14

[Sven Karlsson <f92sk@efd.lth.se>]

> Hi!
> 
> > - Some minor bugfixes in bios routs (most notable setexc) and some patches
> >   to make AHDI work with VM. Debuggers are more stable now under MiNT..
> Can I use other disk drivers than AHDI with VM. For instance HuShi,
> HDDriver, CBHD ...

I have only tested it with ahdi. But it should work with other too.

> 
> > - VM! At last! Gives you a lot of "TT-Ram" (or Alt-ram if you prefer) at 
> >   the expense of some ST or TT-ram. I have run it some weeks now and it is
> >   very stable and compatible on my TT
> Do I need a special format for swap partition(s)? How can I create one. It
> would be fine, if I could use the same one like under m68k-linux ...

The swappartition only needs a special magic in the bootsector.

Regards
	Sven Karlsson
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