Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!dsuvax!ledgepc!wayne From: wayne@ledgepc.uucp (Wayne Brown) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Re: mkfs glitch in 1.5.10 Message-ID: <116@ledgepc.uucp> Date: 24 Feb 91 14:05:40 GMT References: <45603@nigel.ee.udel.edu> Organization: Weyerhaeuser Paper Co., Columbus, MS USA Lines: 20 From article <45603@nigel.ee.udel.edu>, by danson@udel.edu (Douglas Anson): [ . . . ] > I have used fdisk (in DOS) to make a single partition and then > (in minix) I type: mkfs /dev/hd6 20842. The command returns fine > with a file system made on my 2nd harddrive. However, my problem > is that when I return to DOS, my 2nd hard drive is still visible to > DOS. When you create a partition with DOS fdisk, it is marked as a DOS partition. Just run Minix fdisk and mark it as a Minix partition. (If you don't make any other changes, it shouldn't be necessary to Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com