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From: wxh@lanl.gov (William Harvey)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix,comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Problem with demo disk on Atari ST
Message-ID: <18630@lanl.gov>
Date: 21 Mar 91 11:49:10 GMT
Organization: Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, N.M.
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I just got the Atari minix demo disk.  When I try "mkfs /dev/hd8 16384"
I get:
No space on root device 1/0
Error: put_block couldn't write
Line 1 bewing processed when error detected.

If I try it again, there is a 10 sewcond pause, and then the same error.
However, a "ls -l" shows:
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root 16777216 Jan 1 00:07 hd8

When the system boots it has hd1 through hd5.  Trying mkfs on one of those
gives errors too.

Trying mount on hd8 gives:
mount: Block device required.

1I think the problem is number 1.
1.  Under GEM, I need a hard disk driver.  I have a Micropolis with several
16M partitions.  This is attached to an ICD Advantaghe Plus.  Is a compatabile
driver loaded under minix?  Can I load one with the demo disk?

2.  mkfs in the accompanying manual show a -o option for systems other than
floppies.  That doesn't work either.

Thanks for any help.
Billy Harvey	wxh@lanl.gov
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