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From: l1ngo@cudnvr.denver.colorado.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Problems with using /dev/hd3 as ram image
Message-ID: <1991Mar6.145656.53@cudnvr.denver.colorado.edu>
Date: 6 Mar 91 14:49:56 GMT
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Hello,

I recently bought Minix 1.5 from Waldensoft. Everything seems to work fine
with my Compudyne 286/16 with 2 Seagate IDE Hard drives (40 Meg, and 110
Meg) except I cannot get the ram image to load from HD3. I've tried just
about everything such as paritioning hd3 to 512K and then mkfs /dev/hd3 512,
and also parititioning hd3 to 5 Megs and mkfs /dev/hd3 512. The same thing
happens everytime I select ram image: hd3 from the start-up menu:
system panic--not enough memory (or something like that--the screen freaks
out and the computer resets quickly). I have 1 Meg of ram, so I am baffled.
I have also tried mkfs /dev/hd3 360 (and smaller) to no avail.  The manual
does not help much.

I've had to resort to using /dev/hd3 as my root device. I'd appreciate any
info offered.  Thanks,

Linh
lngo@copper.denver.colorado.edu
l1ngo@cudnvr.denver.colorado.edu