Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!ucsd!ucbvax!compulink.co.uk!jeremiah From: jeremiah@compulink.co.uk (Jonathan Allen) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Minix & Hardcards Message-ID: Date: 7 Dec 90 18:11:00 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Lines: 27 I'm still having trouble with this hardcard. MINIX fdisk tells me the disc should have 3 heads and 27 sectors, and then the partition table looks like this: 1 2# MINIX 256 0 1 762 2 26 20736 61801 41066 2 3# MINIX 763 0 1 768 2 27 61803+ 62288 486 3 4# 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1# A DOS-12 0 1 1 255 2 27 27 20735 20709- Now, setting NR_SECTORS to 26 (as several people have suggested), and typing: dd if=/dev/hd? of=/dev/null apart from taking some time produced: /dev/hd1 20708+0 /dev/hd2 disc error on 3/2, block 13617 27234+0 /dev/hd3 disc error on 3/3, block 0 0+0 Running the same 'dd' under the BIOS MINIX produced: /dev/hd1 20708+0 /dev/hd2 41066+0 /dev/hd3 486+0 Now, what am I doing wrong, and how can I get it to use my hard disc properly - any further thoughts welcome Jonathan