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