geert@ahds.ahold.nl (Geert W.T. Jonkheer CCS/TS) (06/05/91)
Hi, Is there anybody out, who also has problems with reading or writing from a tos hard disk partition in minix, using the 'tos -r' or 'tos -d' utitility??????? When I read a file or ask for a directory on a tos disk in drive a or b (/dev/dd0 /dev/dd1), then there is no problem in reading this. However when i do the same on a hard disk partition , for example /dev/hd0 /dev/hd1 then I get a 'memory fault - core dumped'. Can it be that no hard disks are supported by the tos utitily, or is there a fix for this problem. Thanks in advance. Geert. ===================================================================== ============= G E E R T W . T . J O N K H E E R . ================ ======= A H O L D N . V . T H E N E T H E R L A N D S ======= ==================== geert@ccsds.ahold.nl ===========================
erlingh@sigyn.idt.unit.no (Erling Henanger) (06/08/91)
Hi.
I had no problems doing this whatsoever in minix 1.5.10.x, however the
earlier versions of minix didn't understand the partitoning scheme of
ahdi 3. So if you're using a new version of ahdi together with an old
version of minix, that might be the problem.
If you are not keen on upgrading your minix just to read the
tos-files, you might want to have a look at mint, the multitasking
extension for tos that can be found on atari.archive.umich.edu, this
will allow you to read/write minix-partitions from Tos.
Good luck.
Erling.
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------ / \ /____ / / |/ \____| o MS-dos should be dying!breure%itihp2@pucc.princeton.edu (Frank Breure) (06/13/91)
> > Hi, > > Is there anybody out, who also has problems with reading or writing > from a tos hard disk partition in minix, using the 'tos -r' or 'tos -d' > utitility??????? > > When I read a file or ask for a directory on a tos disk in drive > a or b (/dev/dd0 /dev/dd1), then there is no problem in reading this. > However when i do the same on a hard disk partition , for example > /dev/hd0 /dev/hd1 then I get a 'memory fault - core dumped'. > > Can it be that no hard disks are supported by the tos utitily, or > is there a fix for this problem. I have chmem'ed tos to about 60k and am now able to read and write my harddisk (a megafile 60 with only /dev/hd1 as a 15Mb TOS partition). > > Thanks in advance. > > Geert. > ===================================================================== > ============= G E E R T W . T . J O N K H E E R . ================ > ======= A H O L D N . V . T H E N E T H E R L A N D S ======= > ==================== geert@ccsds.ahold.nl =========================== > -- Frank Breure (breure@itihp1.tno.nl) TNO Institute of Applied Computer Science Delft, The Netherlands ---------------------------------------------------------------------- My opinions may be subject to change without notice.
geoffc@zebedee%tharr.uucp (Geoffrey Coan) (06/17/91)
In article <56217@nigel.ee.udel.edu> breure%itihp2@pucc.princeton.edu (Frank Breure) writes: > > Can it be that no hard disks are supported by the tos utitily, or > > is there a fix for this problem. > > I have chmem'ed tos to about 60k and am now able to read and write > my harddisk (a megafile 60 with only /dev/hd1 as a 15Mb TOS partition). > I have a related problem with tosread, it will read my 1st hard disk partition but not the rest ! My setup is: partition 1 - 5Mb TOS C: directory partition 2 - 1Mb Minix root directory partition 3 - 14Mb Minix /usr directory partition 4 - 16Mb TOS D: directory partition 5 - 12Mb TOS E: directory partition 6 - 16Mb TOS F: directory this is formatted with the ICD utilities. I can understand minix not being able to understand the ICD extended partition structures (ie: partitions 5 & 6) but I would expect that I could access partition 4 (/dev/hd4) but it doesnt work - I can only access /dev/hd1 - any ideas ? While I'm on the subject, how can I get Minix to read the date & time from the ICD clock (SCSI address 7), the supplied icdtime (or whatever it is called) doesnt work. AdvThanks, Geoffrey -- are you ready to SKYDIVE ?? Geoffrey Coan well all right then, if you say so ... ..!ukc!axion!tharr!zebedee!geoffc <- UUCP'd from my ST via tharr; *free* UK public access to Usenet 0234 841503 ->
geert@ahds.ahold.nl (Geert W.T. Jonkheer CCS/TS) (06/19/91)
Thanks to all who helped me to solve this little problem. I have chmem'ed /usr/bin/tos to about 85k and now it works great, I can now read the directories and I also can read and write files from / to my harddisk. Also, I saw that the tos program returned the free bytes of the harddisk partition and the bad blocks (in bytes). Which bad blocks are these ? Where is this information come from? Geert. ===================================================================== ============= G E E R T W . T . J O N K H E E R . ================ ======= A H O L D N . V . T H E N E T H E R L A N D S ======= ==================== geert@ccsds.ahold.nl ===========================
joerg@mwtech.UUCP (Joerg Werner) (06/22/91)
In article <7777630@zebedee%tharr.uucp> geoffc.zebedee@tharr.uucp writes: <In article <56217@nigel.ee.udel.edu> breure%itihp2@pucc.princeton.edu <(Frank Breure) writes: <> > Can it be that no hard disks are supported by the tos utitily, or <> > is there a fix for this problem. <> <> I have chmem'ed tos to about 60k and am now able to read and write <> my harddisk (a megafile 60 with only /dev/hd1 as a 15Mb TOS partition). <> <I have a related problem with tosread, it will read my 1st hard disk <partition but not the rest ! My setup is: < <partition 1 - 5Mb TOS C: directory <partition 2 - 1Mb Minix root directory <partition 3 - 14Mb Minix /usr directory <partition 4 - 16Mb TOS D: directory <partition 5 - 12Mb TOS E: directory <partition 6 - 16Mb TOS F: directory < <this is formatted with the ICD utilities. I can understand minix not being <able to understand the ICD extended partition structures (ie: partitions 5 & 6) <but I would expect that I could access partition 4 (/dev/hd4) but it doesnt <work - I can only access /dev/hd1 - any ideas ? A 5 MB partition has a smaller FAT than a 14 MB partiton. Solution: chmen the tos program (see above) so it can read the whole FAT. Is it possible to put this question (and the answer :-) in the `Commonly Asked Questions List' ? I think many new users have this problem. Ciao, Joerg -- Joerg Werner, email: joerg@mwtech.UUCP, voice: 49-(0)6151-37 33 66