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From: cox%v70nl.decnet@nusc.arpa (V70NL::COX)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: bios_wini.c on Zenith Z-248 and Z-150
Message-ID: <5422@louie.udel.EDU>
Date: 15 Nov 88 13:15:44 GMT
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I've tried the new bios_wini.c winchester drive on both a Zenith Z-248 and
a Zenith Z-150 without success.  In both cases, I received a message that
the winchester partition table could not be read.  The Z-248 uses a 20MB
Miniscribe drive and Zenith controller, both standard with this system.
The Z-150 is using a 30MB Seagate ST-238 with an RLL controller.  I usually
use the standard xt_wini.c on the Z-150, the only change being 25 instead of
17 sectors per track.  Both systems are running Zenith's MS-DOS 3.20 under
which the hard disks were formatted and partitioned.  I did not use the minix
fdisk program for partitioning.

I haven't had a chance to examine code and figure out what's happening.  I'm
curious about what Andy's Z-248 disk and partitioning configuration is since
that system seems to work.

        - Bob Cox  (cox@nusc.arpa)