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From: psfales@ihlpl.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Comments on recent news
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Date: Wed, 11-Feb-87 00:05:50 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 11 00:05:50 1987
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> MINIX definitely understands that hard disks have partitions.  If you want
> to have a drive containing both MINIX and MS-DOS partitions, that is no
> problem at all.  You just put a command in /etc/rc such as
>   /etc/mount /dev/hd2 /usr
> to mount partition 2 (for example) on /usr when MINIX boots.   (Of course you
> have to mkfs a file system there first, as described in doc/READ_ME.)

OK, what have I missed here?  I received my copy of the minix book today
and so far as I can see (in an admittedly brief look) is a passing
reference to /dev/hd0 and /dev/hd1 on page 375, but no mention of how
these devices are used or implemented.  In particular, I can find
no references to hard disks in the source code.  

- Are hard disks supported?
-   If so, what kind of hardware (i.e. brand of disk controller)?
-   If so, is the source provided in the software distribution?

Thanks in advance.  I can forsee the possibility of being flooded with
responses, so please mail directly to me and I will summarize for the
net.
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