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From: mikko@penet.UUCP (Mikko Voipio)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: MINIX on partitioned hard disk
Message-ID: <408@penet.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 25-Oct-87 05:06:18 EST
Article-I.D.: penet.408
Posted: Sun Oct 25 05:06:18 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 28-Oct-87 02:13:23 EST
References: <299@mtuni.ATT.COM>
Reply-To: mikko@penet.UUCP (Mikko Voipio)
Organization: Oy Penetron Ab, Espoo, FINLAND
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Keywords: DTC 5150?X controller

In article <299@mtuni.ATT.COM> jco@mtuni.UUCP (J.OMALLEY) writes:
>I then tried to do a mkfs on /dev/hd2 for 6970 blocks.
>mkfs failed stating put_block couldn't write, reporting
>unrecoverable disk errors on block 6969 (the last block)
>and blocks 0 -15.
>
I have had equally problems, too. I tried to make 5MB MINIX
partition to my brother's XT clone with 20 MB disk. I think
it is some kind of timing problems in driver.

For all DTC users I can tell that I have modified MINIX 1.1
xt_wini.c so that it works with DTC 5150BX and my Miniscribe
3650 40MB disk. In that disk I have all four partitions in use.
First two is PC/IX partitions ( 10 + 14MB). Then there is 6MB
DOS and last 10MB is for MINIX. I haven't had any problems
with any of these four partitions. My machine is a Turbo-XT -clone.

I haven't tested my driver with 5150CX but if I remember
right BX and CX model are software compatibel. So the
driver can be tried to use with 5150CX.