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From: norsk@sequent.UUCP (Doug Thompson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: New program: gather.c
Message-ID: <24810@sequent.UUCP>
Date: 14 Nov 89 16:56:14 GMT
References: <4523@ast.cs.vu.nl>
Reply-To: norsk@crg2.UUCP (Doug Thompson)
Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Inc.
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In article <4523@ast.cs.vu.nl> ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum) writes:
>I have changed the way I am going to do the update to 1.4b.  My original
>plan was to fill a directory full of .cdif files, cat them together into

This posting triggered some thoughts for me. As I have not yet purchased
Minix (I am building my own 386 system, and all I need now is the Micronics
386 motherboard and a good 120 Mb disk, I have have everything else so
hardware first then software), and have been reading everyone's various
discussions, I have not yet seen a step-by-step instruction posting on
how to actually upgrade from 1.XX to 1.XX+. I understand about
uuencode/uudecode, compress and shar, but I don't know about 'cdif', where
to get it and how to use it.  I do know UNIX diff.

As postings go by with their diffs, there is no instruction on how to
apply them. So what I am asking is, is there a standard set of instructions
out there that someone has put together that could be posted for all newcomers.
(Remember, in typical service organizations, only 1 customer out of 100
will ask for info, while the other 99 hope the 1 will ask)

I wish to become a constributor to this news group. I really think Minix is
a great tool to learn with and play with. I just need some help on tools
everyone takes for granted.

thanks much

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