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From: barbour@spot.colorado.EDU (BARBOUR JIM)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Hard disk partitioning problems on zenith Z150 HELP!!
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Date: 20 Oct 89 23:17:01 GMT
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I am trying to setup a lab of zenith Z150 XT class machines.  I want very
much to be able to partition our 20 MB hard drives so that I can load the
root file system into /dev/hd3

I am having these problems:

1.  mkfs /dev/hd0 20000 # twenty-thousand
       fails.

2.  I can set up partitions from 0 to 150, 151 - 250, 251 - 260 and 
    mkfs /dev/hd1 5000.  However, mkfs /dev/hd2 3000 fails with several
    "Read: Unrecoverable disk error at block X"
    messages.

    Unfortunately, I do not know how many cylinders the disks have or anything
    else about their geometry.  I can make 10 MB file systems on them though.

Any suggestions from anyone?  PLEASE?????

Jim Barbour