Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!dimacs.rutgers.edu!srm From: srm@dimacs.rutgers.edu (Scott R. Myers) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Re: RE: PC Minix won't boot Message-ID: Date: 28 Dec 90 02:15:21 GMT References: <17634@imagen.UUCP> Distribution: usa Organization: Rutgers University Lines: 36 In article <17634@imagen.UUCP> roger@imagen.UUCP (Roger C. Wang) writes: > oberme@bass.bu.edu (Lance Obermeyer) wrote: > > > When I try to boot with any of the 3 diskettes, I get the first line > > and then 'Read error. Automatic reboot." It then really shakes the > > floppy disk and repeats. > > I had the same problem. My hardware has Phoenix BIOS, 1.2 MB and 1.44MB drives. > My minix boot diskette is 3.5 720K. Even though I did run CMOS setup to > set my disk drive to 3.5 720K, BIOS still try to read it as 1.44MB > density on reboot. > I wound up writing a program to copy 720K diskette to 1.2MB diskette sector by > sector in logical order (track 0 head 1 sector 1 of 720K diskette is mapped I have a 1.44MB 3.5" and a 1.2MB 5.25" with a 386sx running with the Phoenix BIOS. I had a strange problem installing Minix 1.5 at first. Strange bad sector errors. I pulled my system apart and nothing worked. I finally put everthing back together and suddenly it worked and has worked since. I do recall having a similiar problem about 9 months ago when I tried to install OS/2. Though OS/2 comes 1.44MB format. Don't know what all this has to do with the tea in China but maybe it'll help. Good lunch... srm -- Scott R. Myers Snail: 26 Stiles Street Phone:(201)352-4162 Apartment 18 Elizabeth, NJ 07201 Arpa: srm@dimacs.rutgers.edu Uucp: ..!dimacs!srm "... No matter where you go, there you are ..."