schnellm@cutmcvax.OZ (schnell marcus) (06/01/90)
Hi there, I'm new to minix, have just got version 1.3. As part of my course at Curtin University, we have to do a project, and I have chosen to implement some minor changes on minix. The first part of my project will involve installing minix on a harddisk. We have recently aquired a bunch of PC-AT compatibles with 40MByte hard disks and VGA screens. What i want to do is to particion the hard drives into drives C: and D:. The next step is to load MS-DOS onto drive C: and minix onto drive D:. Then, I want to write a small program which will adjust the particion information on the DOS boot record, so that when you re-boot, it will boot minix instead of DOS. Of course, minix will have the equivalent program so that you can change back to DOS. Is there anybody out there who has done something similar, and who would be willing to share their experiences with me ???? Thanks, Marcus Schnell, Perth, Western Australia
MAB01057%UFRJ.BITNET@cornellc.cit.cornell.edu (Marcelo Amarante Ferreira Gomes) (06/02/90)
I do have a program to make multi-bootable hard disk partitions, and anyone interested on that may send me requests for a copy. The program is to be installed in the MASTER boot record (the one containing the partition table). It asks you the partition you want to boot from and loads that partition's boot record, executing it. Since I think that's of interest to many people in this group (people using Minix with Xenix, Coherent, MS/DOS, etc), I'll post it on Monday along with an installation program. Marcelo A. Ferreira Gomes (Wally Gator) <MAB01057@UFRJ.bitnet> P.S.: just remembered something - s/Monday/Tuesday/ :-(