help installing linux on hd

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Date: Monday, November 11, 1991 - 1:23 am

Hi,
In fact the subject says it all
I've been able to get the minix demo disk from plains
also the different Image for linux
I was able to rawrite them on floppy quite easily. In fact the problems arised
when i wanted to put linux on my hd:
I used a 386Sx with 2Mo Ram, and 2 HD
the first one is a 120Meg, and the second one a 40Meg
The big one is a single partionned disk under DRDOS 5.0
The other is a 3 partitionned one

Using Minix I've tried mkfs /dev/hdX with Xgreater than 5
the only reponse i got was/is 
no space on root device 1/0
Error: file system is too big for minor device
Line 1 being processed when error detected

Oh, the number after /dev/hdX was computed as in the manual of the demo
disk of minix 1.5

On the other hand I've tried under linux the
cat /dev/hdx for x in 0...9
some accesses were refused (since the partition does not exist)
cat worked on hd0, hd4, hd5, hd8, hd9           

Question : Am I supposed to patiotion my first disk in 4?

			[mmc]

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help installing linux on hd, Marc CORSINI, (Mon Nov 11, 1:23 am)
Re: help installing linux on hd, Linus Benedict Torvalds, (Sun Nov 10, 7:58 pm)