3b1 3.51a kernel

[Douglas R. East]

I have a major problem with the kernel on my 3.51a fix disk that I wonder
if anyone else is having problem with.  After installing the fixes and
rebooting, the processer hangs.  I get the loader information (Searching
floppy, Searching hard disk...) and it does appear to be reading the
kernel from the disk (lots of *'s) but then nothing, ever--the familiar
"real memory ... available memory ..." message does not appear.  Obviously
the kernel is hanging.  Since everyone else seems to have a working 3.51a
kernel, I suspect that the floppy AT&T sent is corrupted.  A sum(1) on the
kernel is:

	11710 165 UNIX3.51a

It is 168915 bytes.  Can anyone please confirm (or deny) this?  File(1)
does report correctly what UNIX3.51a is.  From what I can tell, all the
other fixes are ok (I'm using the new ATE right now--much better!).  Then
again, I haven't tested the tam library or the modem fix...

This brings up another question, has anyone or can you build a bootable
floppy which you can run, of course, a minimal system under?  I had to
reload the entire foundation set using the 3.51 upgrade procedure since
I didn't have such a beast--the 3.51 distribution does have a bootable
floppy and floppy file system although I haven't taken the time,
admittedly, to look at what is really on there.  In any case, it doesn't
allow one to do anything, it just goes through its upgrade script.  I
was really peeved, as you might suspect--all I needed to do was relink
/unix with /UNIX3.51.  Oh well, I suppose I'm better for it...  I do
thank AT&T for their prompt action on sending me the fix disk.  I
understand that these things happen sometimes (but why always to me?).


Doug East						(415) 423-0332
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