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From: sehr@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Everex/ST225 and mkfs
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Date: 27 Jan 89 02:08:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu!sehr    Jan 26 20:08:00 1989


I am trying to load Minix on my Z-151 with two floppies and a hard
disk.  The hard disk is an ST-225 with an Everex EV-390
(based on a WD chip set, I believe) controller.  I have version 1.1 of
minix, and have been able to run it on my machine, except I cannot
get mkfs to create a file system on /dev/hd2 (partition 2).  It
reports:

put_block couldn't write
Error occurred while processing line 1 (or something to that effect).

This is the error I still get when I install the xt_wini.c in the
1.1-1.2 upgrade, although it says it should work with the Western
Digital controller chips.

Has anyone else out there succeeded in getting Minix to make a file
system on the Everex 390/ST-225 combination?

Also, could someone please send me (or point me to an FTP site where I
can get) the clock driver for the Quadram Quadboard?

Thanks in advance,

David

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David C. Sehr
Center for Supercomputing Research and Development
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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