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From: martin@iris.ucdavis.edu (Bruce K. Martin Jr.)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: problems bringing minix up
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Date: Tue, 18-Aug-87 19:52:23 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug 18 19:52:23 1987
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I have just recieved the Minix 1.1 distribution from Prentice Hall and am
trying to install it on an IBM PC/XT with a stock 10Mb hard disk.
Minix seems to boot and run fine from the floppies.  However, when I attempt
to use the fixed disk, things go haywire.

What I have done is this:  I partitioned the disk into two sections, the
first for ms-dos (155 cylinders), and the second for minix (150 cylinders).
I ran diskfix.asm so that the minix partition was of type non-DOS.  At
this point I successfully restored DOS.  I then booted minix and executed

mkfs /dev/hd2 5100

(150 cylinders * 34 Kb/cylinder == 5100).  At this point mkfs would usually
fail, scribbling garbage all over the screen (no visable error messages) and
hanging the machine.  Twice I was able to successfully complete the mkfs
(with the exact same procedure), but when I went to copy files off of the
floppies onto the new file system, the machine crashed with the same symptoms.

I am at a complete loss as to what course of action to take.  Any suggestions?
(BTW, I have tried this on two identical PC's with the same results.  I also
tried recopying my original distribution floppies, all to no avail).

I'd appreciate any help!

					...bruce

Bruce K. Martin Jr.    U.C. Davis -- Dept. of Computer Science
martin@iris.ucdavis.edu  --or--  {ucbvax || lll-crg}!ucdavis!iris!martin