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From: bunda@ebirah.cs.utexas.edu (John Bunda)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Hard disk with 1.2 (problems solved)
Summary: Success at long last
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Date: 27 Jun 88 20:31:45 GMT
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I'm finally running Minix on my Seagate-ST225/Western Digital WX-1.
Thanks for the tip about DOS 3.3, which you cannot use to partition
the disk.

My procedure was as follows:  fix that AUT O_BIOS typo in xt_wini.c,
and use the fix from the archives as described in the information sheet.
Rebuild the kernel, and build a boot diskette.  Then, (after backup),
I low-level formatted using the command g=c800:5 in debug.
My kernel was patched by fixing the AUT O_BIOS typo and the fix
described on the information sheet.

I booted my patched kernel, then partitioned the disk using fdisk 
from /user/bin, which works great.  Note to the unwary:  DOS 3.3 
FDISK will *not* work!  I tried DOS 2.1 FDISK without results either.
I also tried to use the edpart.exe from the archives, but I was not
able to get one that would work, presumably due to local transmission
problems.

Anyway, the newly partitioned disk works fine with minix.

Some words of warning if you want to let DOS 3.3 use the disk:
When I booted 3.3 from the floppy, it wouldn't recognize the hard
drive.  Using FDISK munches the partition table, and you're back
to square one.  I booted DOS 2.1, which *did* recognize the drive,
and did a high-level format, which worked (rebooting minix and
doing checks of the hard disk partitions revealed no problems).

after the 2.1 format, I booted 3.3, which now seemed to like the
partition.  I restored my DOS stuff, and everything works, at
least for now...

john