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From: X913%DMAFHT1.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (Martin Sckopke)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: 2nd Harddisk on ST Minix?
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Date: 18 Apr 91 07:59:07 GMT
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Hi netters,

I just tried to bring up minix with a second hard disk, too and encountered
lots of problems. Perhaps there's so. out there who could help me.
My first drive is an ATARI SH205, the second one a SQ555, with removable
media.
After installing the second drive (G-DATA SCSI-Controller) I tried to boot
up MINIX ST 1.5 patchlevel 3 which worked fine until then. The only answer
I got was    sig=11 pid=0 ....
Then I tried to boot up ST 1.5 orig from Disk, it worked fine and I even
could access my (first) hard disk. So I took another step:
I tried to boot just that minix from hard-disk: sig=10 pid=0.
After further research I found NR_DRIVES in config.h was set to 3 for the
new (patchlevel 3) kernel.
So perhaps some kind soul out there has encountered similar problems and
found a fix for them.
And it would be nice if someone could explain me how major and minor
device no. have to be set ?
Since I have 2 controllers now, does NR_DRIVES have to be 2 or 4 or
what else ?
Another one: i read something about the hooks for removable media in
the LOG file. Are there just the hooks or is it implemented ?
Thanks in advance for any answers.
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