Diversia writes:
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> > Van: Alistair Riddoch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Aan: Diversia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Onderwerp: Re: your mail
> > Datum: maandag 17 mei 1999 12:08
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> > > 3.
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> > > My harddisk is recognized as /dev/bda, but I can also access him(her)
> as
> > > /dev/hda, what's the difference and why can't I fdisk my harddisk with
> > > /dev/hda, when I try to write the partition he starts babbles about
> that he
> > > can't seek to 0 or something like that?
> > >
> >
> > You should only be able to access your harddisk as /dev/bda as this is
> the
> > name used by the BIOS disk driver. If any messages come up indicating
> that
> > /dev/hda is supported by the default kernel then this is a bug.
> >
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> Then how come I can access my harddisk using /dev/hda?
> I can read it but I can't seek.
> I think writing does work...
>
> And where can I find that minix bootsector thingie you talked about?
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I can be found in the dev86 package in linux-86/bootblocks.
Go into that directory and type make ; make bin.
You will then have 3 files minix.bin, minixhd.bin and minix_elks.bin.
minix.bin is the floppy booloader which can be installed using dd in the
bootsector of a floppy disk, minixhd.c is the same but is installed
on a harddisk partiton (not the Master Boot Record).
In order for either of these to work you must create a directory on the
root filesystem called boot, and copy two files into it. The first is your
kernel which should be called linux, and the second is a copy of
minix_elks.bin which should be renamed to boot.
The system will then be stand-alone and will not require any kind of
external bootloader.
Does anyone know of a simple menu based bootloader than can be installed
in the MBR that will simply boot a number of other partitions as if they
contained MSDOS? LILO would do the job, but is overcomplicated and I don't
know how well it works on <386 machines.
Al
