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From: finn@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Problem using mkfs on Miniscribe HD
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Date: 9 Nov 88 20:44:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uxe.cso.uiuc.edu!finn    Nov  9 14:44:00 1988


Tannenbaum suggested that I recompile mkfs because perhaps the version
that I have was compiled for DOS instead of MINIX.  I did that and was
able to successfully make a file system on the hard disk.  The partition
I use (hd3) is at the very end of a 44 MB disk.  fsck will not work on
it because the partition is beyond some 65000 limit, but otherwise
everything works fine on the minix hard disk partition.

The only odd thing was that the original mkfs that I tried to run is as
it was in the distribution from prentice hall.  So if others are having
trouble with mkfs in V1.2 of MINIX, it would be worthwile to recompile
mkfs.

			Stephen Wood
			saw@uinpla.npl.uiuc.edu