Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!ernie.viewlogic.com!mobius!greg From: greg@mobius.Viewlogic.COM (Gregory Larkin) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Questions about Shoelace Message-ID: <1990Sep10.090509@mobius.Viewlogic.COM> Date: 10 Sep 90 13:05:09 GMT Sender: news@viewlogic.com (News Administrator) Reply-To: greg@mobius.Viewlogic.COM (Gregory Larkin) Organization: Viewlogic Systems, Inc., Marlboro, MA Lines: 32 I have recently acquired Minix 1.3 and am interested in putting it on my hard disk and then upgrading to 1.5.10. I have down- loaded the Shoelace package to help me put Minix on the hard disk, but I have a few problems that are preventing me from doing it. My system configuration is: 6 Mhz AT w/ HD floppy, 21 Meg hard disk (C:), 31 Meg hard disk (partitioned into 14 Meg D: and 17 Meg E:). The C: drive has all MS-DOS software on it. I would like to install MINIX on the D: and E: partitions and then use Shoelace to selectively boot either operating system. In my understanding, /dev/hd0 refers to the nonpartitioned C: drive, /dev/hd1 refers to the D: drive and /dev/hd2 refers to the E: drive. Is this correct?? I tried to "mkfs /dev/hd2 " and then "mount /dev/hd2 /usr/tmp". mkfs worked, but when I tried to mount, it said "not a filesystem" (or something like that). I need the hard disk partition so I can copy the Shoelace files somewhere before I compile them. Does anyone have any hints on the best way to set up a hard disk system for co-existence of MS-DOS and MINIX or any info on the best way to install Shoelace? Any help would be greatly appreciated. -- Greg Larkin (ASIC Engineer) Viewlogic Systems, Inc. (The CAE Company) 293 Boston Post Road West Marlboro, MA 01752 508 480 0881 x321 E-mail: greg@Viewlogic.COM