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From: hutch@hubcap.UUCP (David H Hutchens)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: Running Xenix 2.0 with non-standard disk
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Date: Sun, 23-Aug-87 16:52:51 EDT
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Posted: Sun Aug 23 16:52:51 1987
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I asked:
> Could someone please tell me the best way to get Xenix 2.0 to
> believe that my drive has 981 cylinders (the ROM BIOS has 855
> for type 12)?  Patches, if necessary, for the boot programs
> would also be appreciated.

It turns out that I was worrying needlessly.  Xenix 2.0 apparently
gets its disk info from the partition table on track 0 of the disk (I
am guessing).  Since this was already correct, I was able to load
the system using the provided hdinit, without reformatting the disk.

				David Hutchens
				hutch@hubcap.clemson.edu