Re: [MiNT] *Several* Minix partitions?

[Frank Naumann <fnaumann@prinz-atm.CS.Uni-Magdeburg.De>]

Hi!

> I think that it is possible to have several minix partitions but HOW?

Normally not a problem :-).

> So I decided to make a new minix partition on a 1.2 Gb IDE harddisc I just 
> retreived in the corpse of my dead Falcon. I partitionned it in 3: 510 Mb RAW,
> 510 Mb RAW and 201.6 Mb BGM. I wanted to change the two 510 Mb partitions into
> minix partitions.
> 
> 
> Under BASH I typed:
> 
> minit -V -n 2 -P K:
> 
> minit -V -n 2 -P L:
> 
> Minit reported no error except that it complained for the unnecessary options. 
> After that, both partitions K: and L: became unreachable either under BASH or
> from Jinnee.

Can you post here what minit says? Can you try minit without any option
except the drivename?

> Just as if both were plain TOS partitions... and fsck says that K: and L: are 
> "Not recognized MinixFS partitions or MinixFS not running" and later "Bad
> Superblock: Invalid Magic Number".

What does FSetter 0.7 say about the driver name?

> While typing, I got an idea: Are all my problems due to the fact that it is an 
> IDE harddisc?

No.


Tschuess
   ...Frank

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