Re: [MiNT] on Mega ST

[Paul Wratt <paul.wratt@gmail.com>]

thanks for the effort Michael (and others) I'll have a look at ext2
driver when I test ext3 etc..

Paul

On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 7:29 PM, Michael Bernstein <mint@mbernstein.de> wrote:
> Hi m0n0,
>
>>  Was there any final conclusion on this topic?
>>
>>  What does work, and what not? What about ext2? Mintnet (test with
>>  loopback, to be sure there is no driver problem)?
>
> I wrote a conclusion what does work and what not and add a report about
> my test with a Biodata DMA network node. The problems are similar
> between Megat ST and Mega STE.
>
> As far as i remember:
>
> - It is not possible to create a folder with "-" from desktop.
>  As fallback MiNT willl also use the <bootdrive>:\MiNT folder.
>  I remember a generic GEM installer. I think, it should be very easy
>  to write a script for this installer for install MiNT. Maybe
>  this can also solve the directory problem and it was a easy
>  way to get a GEM installer for MiNT.
>
> - ext2 will not run on 68000
>  I dont know if someone will change this, but with minix fs is a
>  "workarond" present.
>
> - network dummy driver will crash
>  I did not read any mail about a investigation of this problem.
>
> - biodata dma driver will crash.
>  Because both mintnet drives crash, i assume a problem in mintnet
>  itself. But i did not read any mails about a investigation of this
>  problem.
>
> As far as i rememberm there are no other known problems.
>
>>  I have my Mega-ST running again, it has 15 MB Ram, should be enough for
>>  MiNT,
>
> This will allow you to run some GEM apps in the MiNT environment. On
> my Mega ST with 4 MB is not enough memory free to run a MiNT
> environment with huge GEM applications. It was only enough to run
> some smaller applications like QED for modify the configuration files.
>
> Best regards
> Michael
>
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