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From: pwendt@neon.in-berlin.de (Patrick Wendt)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: HELP: How to install MINIX 1.5.10 on RLL-Hard-Disk ?!?
Keywords: MINIX, HardDisk
Message-ID: <2E3LKOR@neon.in-berlin.de>
Date: 8 Dec 90 10:48:20 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: Neon Research Caboose, Berlin
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HI !

I have a very strange problem about installing MINIX V1.5 for IBM/PC
on a RLL Hard Disk ... I have a BULL 95 MB HD with 1024 Tracks and 7
Heads ... also 26 Sectors per Track (RLL) ...

When installing MINIX, I started FDISK with -s26 -h7, and THAT works,
but if I install a filesystem on a MINIX partition, MKFS say:
Partition to big for minor device. ...

I looked it up via Nortons NU, and I found, that MINIX only uses
side 0 upto 3 and not all 7 heads of the drive. Also only 17 sectors
instead of 26 where used. So, by giving SIZE/2 to MKFS, the file-sys
is surely too big for that partiton, cause only 4 heads, 17 sectors
are used ... I destroyed other partotions by that, not very funny ...

WHO CAN HELP ME WITH THAT PROBLEM, have I made something wrong ?!

 Thanx in advance ... Pat !!!

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