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- From: powers@asd.enet.dec.com (Bill Powers)
- Subject: problems moving minix to new drive and controller
- Message-ID: <1992Dec14.125223.3604@nntpd.lkg.dec.com>
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- Reply-To: powers@asd.enet.dec.com
- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation, Nashua NH
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 12:52:23 GMT
-
-
- Hi,
-
- I have a couple of problems with ST Minix perhaps someone could help
- me out a bit. I just recently upgraded from version 1.5.10.0 -> 1.5.10.3
- and one of the changes made was to rename some of the drive names. Do
- I simply do a mv of fd0 -> sd0... in the dev directory? Also, I noticed,
- that I am still using the original 1.1 Makedev script, and I'm sure this
- must be out of date. In fact I'm sure it is, as mknod seems to require
- a blocksize parameter, and there are none in the Makedev script. I've never
- seen a new one in any of the upgrade postings. Does anyone have a more
- current version?
-
- I am currently trying to move minix off of my 1 meg ST with an atari
- sh204 drive over to my 4 meg ste with a 120 meg hard disk, and not having
- much luck.
- I have a maxtor7120scs drive hooked up to an ICD controller on my
- 4meg 1040ste. I have the drive partitioned into 4 sectors using ICD's
- supplied software.
-
- Sector 1) 31.23 meg
- 2) 32.00 meg
- 3) 32.00 meg
- 4) 32.00 meg
-
- When I try to do a
-
- mkfs -t /dev/hd3 31250
-
- I get the following errors.
-
- unrecoverable disk error on device 3/3, block 0
- Error: get_block couldn't read
- Line 1 being processed when error detected
-
- I got the 31250 from the ICD formatting/partitioning software, by
- subtracting the end sector from the starting sector of the partition.
-
- Does anyone know how I can fix this so that I can use my partitions
- 3 & 4 for minix? I have looked through include/minix/config.h and
- the only thing which seemed like it might have an impact is to define
- the partitioning type (Atari or Supra). I tried both, and they both
- had the same effect.
-
- Any assitance is much appreciated.
-
- thanks
-
- Bill Powers
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