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From: sas@bcd-dyn.UUCP (432 2370.00)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Hard Disk Problems
Message-ID: <998@bcd-dyn.UUCP>
Date: 17 Feb 88 15:20:29 GMT
Organization: Battelle Columbus Division, Columbus, OH
Lines: 18
Keywords: Minix WD Hard Disk Problems

I'm still having problems with my western digital wd1002s-wx2 hard disk
and tandon tm262 combination.  Is anyone running MINIX on hard disk #2?
Using drivers /dev/hd5-9?  Using standard 1.2 Minix, I can only get the
os to recognize the drive as /dev/hd5, it doesn't even access the disk 
when I try to use partitions 6-9.  Using hd5, I can only mkfs about 1/2
of the 20 meg disk.  I fixed the AUTO_CONFIG definition, but my controller
isn't an autoconfig version, so that doesn't help, although that version
does allow fsck to find partitions 6-9 and "check" them.  When I try to
mkfs on partitions 6-9, it says "error in line 1", cannot access block 1.
I'm sure I partitioned it correctly, as I've used DOS FDISK (3.2), Minix
1.2 Fdisk, Speedstor, and others, with identical results.  I think the 
problem is related to the fact that I'm using drive D, but not sure.  Any
ideas?  
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Scott A. Sharkey                        UUCP: cbosgd!osu-cis!bcd-dyn!sas
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