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From: reyn@trsvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: booting Minix from 3.5" floppy
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Date: 20 Sep 89 14:15:00 GMT
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Nf-From: trsvax.UUCP!reyn    Sep 20 09:15:00 1989


Regarding booting minix from 3 1/2" drives...

It would be really nice if Minix could be purchased on 3 1/2" media.  All
new Tandy machines come with 3 1/2" drives standard, and I'm sure that many
other manufacturers are following suite.

If I did not have access to 5 1/4" machines at work, I would have been just
plain out of luck in getting minix.  As it stands now, I won't be able to
use minix at home until I am successful in building a 3 1/2" file system
(Unfortunately, I too have yet to accomplish this feat).

Note that I am not talking about PS/2 systems, I'm talking about
respectable IBM clones with 720K or 1.44M floppy drives.  

Help will be sincerly appreciated ...

					John Reynolds
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