Hello,
I have an IBM PS/2 Model 50 that I'm trying to install Minix 2.0.0 on.
I've read a considerable amount of documentation trying to get this to
work. ;> I'm using 720k floppies, etc.. Minix boots, and I'm able to
run 'setup,' but my problems begin when I use 'part.'
I load up 'part,' and I select /dev/hd0, which is the type 30, 20Mb drive
that's in the computer. When I try to read the partition table, I
receive:
bios-hd0: can't read partition table
Unrecoverable disk error on device 3/0, block 0
/dev/hd0: I/O error
/dev/hd0: Invalid partition table (reset)
Besides from the unrecoverable error, it seems to me that I should be
able to merely write a new partition table (i'm not too concerned about
whatever the hell was on the drive before. ;>).
If anyone has insight into my problems, I'd greatly appreciate a
reply. I'm killing myself over here trying to get this smelly computer
that I pulled out of the trash working. ;> Minix seems interesting to
me, if only because it's not generally heard of. If you cannot help
with my Minix questions, perhaps you know of another O/S that will run
on a 286 with 1Mb of ram? Ideally with networking capabilities. I
don't know why I want to do something with this machine so badly, but I
have a thing for old computers. :)
Thanks.
BTW, this computer is 12 years old, hence on-topic. :)
--
paul yaskowski [a paradigm of a paramount failure]
Received on Mon Jul 05 1999 - 23:23:35 BST