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From: gpflaum%UMASS.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu (Greg Pflaum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Minix with 40 meg drive
Message-ID: <1975@louie.udel.EDU>
Date: 8 Apr 88 22:41:17 GMT
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I need some help getting minix to work with my 40 meg hard disk.  It is
a Miniscribe 3650 with a Western Digital controller, but I don't know
which controller.  Here are all the markings on it; I hope someone can
identify the model.

WDXT-GEN          ASSY 61-000222-00    on a square chip
WDC (c) 1987                           (c)WDC '85
                                       WD11C00-JT
on a sticker                           17-02 8745
61000222-06 F300                       941001105
222-0612G 49875
8092846 REV."X7"

This 40 meg disk has 6 heads and 809 cylinders, which is over the
32 meg DOS limit.  The low level format program lets me either format
the whole disk or split it so that DOS thinks it sees two disks.
If I format the whole disk I can't use the regular DOS FDISK, and have
to use a special XFDISK which can handle the larger disk.

Here's the problem: I can't set up a Minix partition without clobbering
a DOS partition.  /dev/hd5 doesn't work when I use the low level format
to look like two disks, and /dev/hd2 gives me errors when I try to do
mkfs. I have recompiled fdisk for 6 heads.  I've tried putting Minix in
the first partition, which works but messes up the DOS side.  I've tried
a lot of other things, and I've lost track of the number of low level
and DOS formats I've done.

Any suggestions?

Greg Pflaum
GPflaum@UMass.Bitnet
Pflaum@UMass.CSNet
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