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From: kab@juliet.cs.duke.edu (Kevin Anderson Brooks)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Minix 1.1 and IBM portable hard disk
Keywords: minix, hard disk
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Date: 16 Mar 89 22:14:59 GMT
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	I'm a student who has been given MINIX 1.1 for one of my classes.
My problem is that I can't get minix to create a filesystem on my hard 
disk. I have a IBM portable computer with a 20Meg Segate ST225 hard disk.
I've followed the directions in the documentation and I not doing anything
wrong (I guess?).  I've tried both at_wini.c and xt_wini.c and I don't
know what to do next?  My best guess is that I don't have the correct 
driver for my hard disk.  The error message is as follows:

	I type -> # mkfs /dev/hd3 2176
	IT TYPES    Unrecoverable error device 3/3, block 2175
			Error: put_block couldn't write
			Line 1 being processed
                  Unrecoverable error device 3/3, block XX ( some numbers) 
                  Unrecoverable error device 3/3, block XX ( some numbers) 
							  .
							  .
							  .
                  Unrecoverable error device 3/3, block XX ( some numbers) 


	Any help would be deeply appreciated.

                             Kevin Brooks

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