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From: mcormick@unm-la.UUCP (Patrick McCormick)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Root File System Trouble
Keywords: After changes...
Message-ID: <1054@unm-la.UUCP>
Date: 20 Jan 89 01:54:49 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico - Los Alamos
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	Hi,

	I've been trying to add some new accounts for users
	to the /etc/passwd file.  After each change on the
	root file disk -- even with "rc" -- I am no longer able
	to use the root disk.

	I've tried to use the file system check on the start
	up menu but, it gives me a fatal error and stops.

	Here's what the screen looks like when it loads RAM off
	of the root...


Memory size = 640K   MINIX = 89K   RAM disk = 55K  Available = 496K

Loading RAM disk from root diskette. Loaded : 0K Unrecoverable disk error

	From here, it goes ahead and loads the rest of RAM...


	Any ideas on why this happens?

	One more question, how to I get MINIX to load more memory for
	the RAM disk?

	Thanks,

	Patrick McCormick
	mcormick@unm-la.LANL.GOV
	lanl!unm-la!mcormick@uunet.uu.net