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From: mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us (Marc Unangst)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Using Minix with three (yes, three) hard drives?
Message-ID: <19sDV2w164w@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us>
Date: 7 Jan 91 03:10:59 GMT
Organization: The Programmers' Pit Stop, +1 313 665 2832
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I have a 286/10 clone with 1MB of memory.  Right now, I have two 40MB
hard disks cabled to an Everex EV-346 MFM hard disk controller.
Unfortunately, I have all 80MB filled up under DOS, so I can't afford
to just repartition with 20MB for Minix.

However, I have a nice ST-225 and a Western Digital XT-GEN controller
gathering dust in the closet.  I know the speed won't be the greatest,
but I'm willing to put up with that.  My question is, will this even
work?  What I want to do is install the XT-GEN alongside the EV-346,
hook the ST-225 to the XT-GEN, and then use the ST-225 for Minix and
the two hard drives on the EV-346 for MS-DOS.  I don't particularly
care about using the ST-225 under DOS, but Minix should be able to
recognize it.  I still want to be able to boot DOS off one of the 40MB
disks.

So, any ideas?  Will this require hacking the hard disk driver?

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