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From: jca@pnet01.cts.com (John C. Archambeau)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: booting Minix from 3.5" floppy
Message-ID: <416@crash.cts.com>
Date: 22 Sep 89 02:56:13 GMT
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Organization: People-Net [pnet01], El Cajon CA
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What I did when I made a 3.5" boot image to a 720K 3.5" disk was this.  The
system configuration was as follows...
 
Drive A:    CMS (Epson) 1.2 Mb 5.25" drive
Drive B:    Mitsumi 720K 3.5" drive

I went to the makefile that makes the image and set the destination to
image to /dev/at1.  Worked perfectly.  I don't know if anybody has gotten
to work 100% of the time much less boot from them.  But I can tell you that if
you're using a compatable controller, making a 720K 3.5" boot disk is simple.

 /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*
  * Flames: /dev/null (on my Minix partition)
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------*
  * ARPA  : crash!pnet01!jca@nosc.mil
  * INET  : jca@pnet01.cts.com
  * UUCP  : {nosc ucsd hplabs!hd-sdd}!crash!pnet01!jca
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------*
  * Note  : My opinions are that...mine.  My boss doesn't pay me enough to
  *         speak in the best interests of the company (yet).
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