[comp.os.minix] Line screwed up in "xt_wini.c"

kchen@uiucdcsp.cs.uiuc.edu (01/14/88)

The source file "xt_wini.c" was screwed up in the Ver. 1.2 distribution
disk. The line (near the beginning of the file) 

	#define AU  TO_BIOS  TRUE /* ..... */

in that file should really be:  

	#define AUTO_BIOS  TRUE

Otherwise, the "AUTO_BIOS" will be undefined and some initialization 
operations will not be performed. 

So, if you can not use the hard disk properly, check the operations which are 
supposed to be done when AUTO_BIOS is TRUE (specifically, the "..." 
in statements like    
	
	#ifdef AUTO_BIOS 
        ...
        #endif

). If these operations were not performed, then this may be the cause of your
problems. You can fix that line, rebuild the boot disk (it may be easier 
to ask your friend who can use his hard disk to do that for you), and try again.
Dr. Andy Tanenbaum said this problem will be fixed in MINIX Ver. 1.3.


					Kuang-Chien Chen
					kchen@p.cs.uiuc.edu