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From: kchen@uiucdcsp.cs.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Help with MINIX!
Message-ID: <91200003@uiucdcsp>
Date: 4 Jan 88 22:57:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uiucdcsp.cs.uiuc.edu!kchen    Jan  4 16:57:00 1988



I just got version 1.2 MINIX and tried to run it on my PC/XT clone. However,
I found that if my hard disk (20MB, using WD controller) is on my PC, I can
not boot MINIX from floppy drive at all! The message I got is:

     "kernel panic: can not find partition table for winchester 0"

and if I tried to check the hard disk file system, I got something like:

      bad magic number in superblock.

Since everything will be fine if I take the hard disk out of the system 
and using only two floppy drives, I think my PC is compatible for running
MINIX and I can not figure out what could be the problem.

I also tried some hard disk partitioning program posted before (and the
fdisk), but the result is still the same. Can someone point to me what
could be the problem? Is there anyone who has similar experience? 

	Thanks!

Kuang-Chien Chen 		kchen@p.cs.uiuc.edu