Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!iuvax!cica!gatech!udel!mmdf
From: Leisner.Henr@xerox.com (Marty)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: proposal for PC distribution
Message-ID: <21203@louie.udel.EDU>
Date: 7 Aug 89 17:39:13 GMT
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In light of all the PC compatability problems , I think the following
proposal would make sense.

The distribution release would be totally BIOS based -- i.e. must hard
disk, maybe floppy disk, perhaps  keyboard and video would use the BIOS.

The system would contain instructions to recompile the kernel and try to
use the standard device drivers.  If the user wants better performance,
he'll rebuild the boot disk and see what device drivers actually work on
his system.

Otherwise, he'd have a system that would at least work.  I find the hard
disk problems to be somewhat intolerable.

marty
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