sehr@sp20.csrd.uiuc.edu (David Sehr) (05/06/91)
I've read with interest the postings about upgrading the PC version of Minix from 1.1 to 1.5.10. I'm interested because I too got v1.1 back in the Dark Ages (pre-MS, ca. 1988), and only once before tried to bring it up to a more recent version. I've recently tried, with the same sad results. My problem is this: I have a relic PC with two 360K floppies and an ST225 (20 MB) hard disk. Version 1.1 persistently refuses to do an mkfs on my hard disk. I get the same error pretty much regardless of which partition (even if it's the whole disk): ``fatal error -1 in winchester process put_block failed...'' Is there some way to get a v1.1 kernel to work with my hard disk so that I can start the upgrade process? It would be preferable if the solution would also allow me to use an ST251-1 (42 MB, MFM) hard disk that I'm thinking about buying (to use with the same Everex controller I have attached to the ST225). Thanks in advance for answers that are surely more for the history buffs in the group than the its edification. David Sehr (sehr@csrd.uiuc.edu)
si0_tb90020@debet.nhh.no (05/08/91)
... > > My problem is this: I have a relic PC with two 360K floppies and an > ST225 (20 MB) hard disk. Version 1.1 persistently refuses to do an > mkfs on my hard disk. I get the same error pretty much regardless > of which partition (even if it's the whole disk): ... > David Sehr > (sehr@csrd.uiuc.edu) Well, I had the same problem, 1.1 didnt't work with my HDDrive, so what did I do. I got the 1.5 demo disk, booted it, made a file system on my HD transferred everything to it, and now i leave it on. I still cant boot from 1.1 boot disks, so i avoid shuting down. But I hav started the upgrade process. It takes some time, but I'll give it a try... Terje (terjeb@viggo.blh.no / si0_tb90020@debet.nhh.no)