Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!nstn.ns.ca!news.cs.indiana.edu!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!mintaka!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!mcsun!ukc!strath-cs!cs.glasgow.ac.uk!bru-cc!eesrajm From: eesrajm@cc.brunel.ac.uk (Andrew J Michael) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Re: Amiga & Atari minix 1.5 questions Summary: Yes Message-ID: <1968@Terra.cc.brunel.ac.uk> Date: 24 Jan 91 14:27:52 GMT References: <04036@avignon.gbdt.oz> Organization: Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK Lines: 40 In article , mboen@peun33.sni.de (Martin Boening) writes: > In <04036@avignon.gbdt.oz> Dave@avignon.gbdt.oz (Dave Moore) writes: > > > > Can the Amiga minix read Atari minix disks? > > That I don't know. The Atari MINIX file systems reside on standard format > disks, so far as sectoring etc. is concerned. The fs code is supposed to be > identical between MINIX PC and ST, so why not AMIGAMINIX as well. Therefore > I'd think if you AMiga can read disks formatted by TOS (i.e. read the > physical sectors from the tracks) there should be no problems. But I haven't > tried it, so don't bet on it. > > > Dave. > > So long. Maybe some minix guru can verify/contradict what I've said? > > Martin OK. The ST and PC disk formats are NOT compatible due to endian problems in the way the disk structure is defined. The Atari and Amiga disks are entirely compatible unless the Atari owner has done something evil and used a non-standard disk format (which is why I deplore the "improvement" in the ST to allow it to access disks other than the original MINIX-ST format). The MacMINIX disks are wierd - they use a Mac format disk which thinks it is a MINIX file system, so you can't read them on anything except a Mac. I hope that makes it plain :-) Regards Andy Michael -- Andy Michael (eesrajm@cc.brunel.ac.uk) "You might think that. I 85 Hawthorne Crescent couldn't possibly comment." West Drayton Middlesex UB7 9PA