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From: baugh@hal.CSS.GOV (Nam Myoho Renge Kyo)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Hard Disk Problem...
Keywords: Minix 1.1 at_wini.c
Message-ID: <182@hal.CSS.GOV>
Date: 6 Oct 89 17:59:20 GMT
Organization: ENSCO Inc., Melbourne FL
Lines: 49

'Folks,
	
	Still looking for some help/suggestions on how to get minix
up & running on my AT...again the problem was :

		Error: put_block couldn't write
		Line 1 being processed when error detected.

	Now, here are some other facts that may help or be part of the
the problem.  First the disks were 'set-up' with SEAGATES OnTRACK Disk
Manager -- DM.  I've looked at the Seagate 225 (20mb) with fdisk 
(MSDOS 3.3) and it says it has a non-Dos partition (but won't let me 
remove it...how do you get rid of a non-disk partition with fdisk...
possible?? )  The Seagate 251 (40mb) is divided in half, one dos partition,
the other is non-DOS according to fdisk.  Now, when I have installed
the device driver the 40mb looks like C: & D:, the 20mb E:  .   Without
the driver one time, I couldn't get to D or E, but C looks fine. One other 
time I tried, I could get to the first partition of the 40mb (C) and the 
20mb, but the 20mb was accessed as D not E and the second partition of the 
40mb was unavailable. (don't know what I did differently..though I was playing
with fdisk, so the time I couldn't get to the C drive may have been because of
this...) The disk drive controller is a genunine IBM controller (from an
6mhz PC-AT) and works fine under dos.    Am I experiencing a MINIX 1.1 at_wini
problem, or does it look like hardware??

	When I attempted to mkfs on my 2nd hard disk, I am pretty sure that 
the /dev/hd6 was created ok (though in 1.1 I maybe incorrect) so could some 
kind soul send me a 1.4a at_wini.c or whatever you think might be causing this.
I just need to get the drive up with a file system so I can begin the 'upgrade' 
since I only have 1 1.2mb floppy in the system.  (rebuilding the kernel on a single 
1.2 mb isn't fun, but it won't be as bad this time since I've saved the setup 
from the last time...) Also given I have access to a bunch of fdisk versions, which 
is the 'BEST' to use?...3.3??  I'm ready to start from scratch on the disk, so any 
'low-level' formating, etc.. that might be smart for me to do now I'd appreciate 
hearing also.

	I'd really like to get this up and going before the 1.4b postings...
	thanks.

-- 
	Earl D. Baugh Jr.
	ENSCO INC.
	Internet : baugh@hal.CSS.GOV
	"Open the pod bay doors...."
-- 
	Earl D. Baugh Jr.
	ENSCO INC.
	Internet : baugh@hal.CSS.GOV
	"Open the pod bay doors...."