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From: ralph@cc.brunel.ac.uk (Ralph Mitchell)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: How to use a hard disk with Minix
Message-ID: <1191@Terra.cc.brunel.ac.uk>
Date: 8 Dec 89 10:10:46 GMT
References: <89334.224050TAR@MAINE.BITNET> <1727@bruce.OZ>
Reply-To: ralph@ccs.brunel.ac.uk (Ralph Mitchell)
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In article <1727@bruce.OZ> cechew@bruce.OZ (Earl Chew) writes:
>No, you're missing the my point. Booting off the hard disk is *not* a funny
>setup. Requiring a floppy to boot off the hard disk *is* a funny setup. Just
>count how many commercial machines require you to put a floppy in to boot off
>the hard disk!

Errr, right up to the end of it's working life, our Honeywell Multics system
required two tapes to boot from cold.  That was just last year...  Also,
our two-year-old Pyramids require a boot floppy to load the console processor
and controller microcode...

Ralph Mitchell
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