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From: gert@targon.UUCP (Gert Kanis)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Problem with demo disk on Atari ST
Summary: No extended partition scheme in 1.5
Keywords: ST demo harddisk
Message-ID: <1689@targon.UUCP>
Date: 22 Mar 91 12:56:16 GMT
Article-I.D.: targon.1689
References: <18630@lanl.gov>
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Organization: Siemens Nixdorf Informationsystems BV.,SWZ, Vianen, the Netherlands.
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In article <18630@lanl.gov> wxh@lanl.gov (William Harvey) writes:
>I just got the Atari minix demo disk.
>
>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.
>
>Under GEM, I need a hard disk driver.  I have a Micropolis with several
>16M partitions.  This is attached to an ICD Advantaghe Plus.
>
Hmm, MINIX ST 1.1 didn't support the ICD host adapter (there were patches
posted though by Mathias Pfaller that worked for me).

In ST MINIX 1.5 I had NO problems using my harddisk (ICD clone adapter, Sea-
gate SCSI drive). The demo disk should be 1.5 .
But in the official 1.5 release there not yet support for extended partition
schemes i.e. more than four partitions per drive (like HDX 3.01, ICD, SUPRA).
Could that be your problem?
(This enhancement has been posted as a patch (you'll need the sources then).

This brings me to the last part of your questions.
>This is attached to an ICD Advantaghe Plus.  Is a compatible
>driver loaded under minix?  Can I load one with the demo disk?

Sorry, the harddisk support is compiled into the kernel. You can only
recompile the kernel if you have the sources not with the demo.

Hope this sheds some light on the subject.
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