Subject: help installing linux on hd Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1991 10:24:45 +0200 From: Linus Benedict Torvalds <torvalds@cc.helsinki.fi>
Marc CORSINI: "help installing linux on hd" (Nov 11, 3:07):
>
> This is it, there is no hdX with X in 5..9, there is at 0 and 1
> ps 0 and 1, tty, and some pat devices ??
> aarrrggghhhh :-(
> it seems that i have to keep on "playing" with linux OR <any idea
> wellcomed except the "do a partition on ur big hd1">
Ok, here's one possibility: mount the /linux/ root-floppy from the
minix-demo, and use the devices on that.
mount /dev/fd0 /dir
mkfs /dir/dev/hd6 partition-size-in-K
^___ 6 or 7 (minix numbering)
This should work. (I hope). You should still check which partition is
which (unless you don't care).
Linus