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From: dobson@usuhsb.ucc.usuhs.nnmc.navy.mil (BCP)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: booting Minix from 3.5" floppy
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Date: 18 Sep 89 16:16:08 GMT
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Has anyone successfully created a 3.5" boot disk for other than the PS/2?
I have a 386 clone with an ELT motherboard and a 1.44M 3.5" floppy as the 
boot floppy drive that I would like to be able to run Minix on.  I have
successfully (I think) moved the boot image onto a 3.5" floppy but I get an
endless strin of "Read error. Automatic reboot" messages after the "Booting
Minix 1.3....." message appears on the screen.  I suspect the problem is in
bootblok.s  For a 1.2M and 360K 5.25" floppy, bootblok gets the drive params
from an internal table but for 3.5" floppies, it gets the params from the ROM.
 location
unfortunately, this location is only good for PS/2s.

Does anyone know the correct values to stick in either atpar or pcpar in
bootblok.s to allow booting from a 3.5" disk?

Thanks for any help,

                    Mike

dobson@usuhsb.ucc.usuhs.nnmc.navy.mil (preferred) or
dobson@usuhsb.bitnet