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From: mark@rpp386.cactus.org (Mark Lehmann)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: How to use a hard disk with Minix
Message-ID: <17411@rpp386.cactus.org>
Date: 7 Dec 89 05:16:27 GMT
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As long as this hard drive question boom exists, I like to ask about the
Atari ST hard drive configurations using a Supra 20Mg HD (really uses the
Miniscribe 8225 SCSI drive internally).
 
I just got Minix yesterday.  The ST documentation talks about certain
drive partitions "/dev/hd?" (where ? stands for 1-3).  My problem is that
I do not have that type of partition information in the Supra Format
Utitlity.  Could someone tell me what I would need to do to give MINIX a
10Mb partition on my hard drive?  At the current time, I am unfamiliar
on how to dedicate a disk partition in such a way that MINIX can use it.
 
Also, a good source told me that I will have problems getting MINIX to 
use my Supra drive because of sector sizes.  Does anyone know of a fix
for this.  Thanks a lot. 
 
I hope I don't sound like a fool.  I administer several UNIX systems at
my work, but those systems have there own hard drive formaters that
basically setup all of the disk partitions automatically (they just ask
me how many blocks of space to give each "minidisk".)
 
Mark Lehmann
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