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From: nall@loligo.cc.fsu.edu (John Nall)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: fdisk (was large disks)
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Date: 5 Oct 89 17:53:21 GMT
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In an earlier message, I pointed out that fdisk has the number
of heads wired in (a variable called NHEAD), but that this can
be changed by using "fdisk -n" where "n" is the actual number
of heads.  For example, to partition a disk with 9 heads, one
would say "fdisk -9 /dev/hd5" (if it were a second hard disk).

HOWEVER...it has been pointed out to me that this was a change
to fdisk which was inserted at the 1.4a level, and that people
running an earlier version of Minix do not have such an option.

So, for those with an earlier version of Minix (why in the world
don't you upgrade??!), just change the variable NHEAD and recompile
fdisk.





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John Nall                              Internet:  nall@nu.cs.fsu.edu
Computer Science Department            Florida State University
    "Today, a Moon Moth -- tomorrow, a Sea Dragon Conquerer!!"