david@doe.utoronto.ca (David Megginson) (04/24/91)
Thank you to everyone who helped me with my HD problem. The solution is that Minix 1.5.10.3 ST allows 16 minor devices per drive and two drives per controller, so things look like this: 0: Controller 1 Drive 1 Boot Sector 1-15: Controller 1 Drive 1 Partitions 16: Controller 1 Drive 2 Boot Sector (unused) 17-31: Controller 1 Drive 2 Partitions (unused) 32: Controller 2 Drive 1 Boot Sector 33: Controller 2 Drive 1 Partitions As a result, I have /dev/hd0=3,0 /dev/hd1=3,1 /dev/hd2=3,2 /dev/hd3=3,3 /dev/hd4=3,4 /dev/hd5=3,33 /dev/hd6=3,34 /dev/hd7=3,35 /dev/hd8=3,36 and /dev/hd7=3,37. Note that I did not install the boot sector for my second drive as a device. As an added bonus, I can share most of these partitions with TOS, since MiNT allows TOS to use Minix partitions for TOS programs and data. NOTE: This applies ONLY to 1.5.10.3 (patch 3), which uses 16 minor devices per drive instead of 8. -- //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// / David Megginson david@doe.utoronto.ca / / Centre for Medieval Studies meggin@vm.epas.utoronto.ca / ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////