Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!math.lsa.umich.edu!math.lsa.umich.edu!emv From: overby@plains.UUCP (Glen Overby) Newsgroups: comp.archives Subject: [minix] WHERE TO GET ST 1.5.10 and other Minix Bits Message-ID: <1990May27.185456.26947@math.lsa.umich.edu> Date: 27 May 90 18:54:56 GMT Sender: emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti) Reply-To: overby@plains.nodak.edu (Glen Overby) Followup-To: comp.os.minix Organization: University of Michigan, Department of Mathematics Lines: 131 Approved: emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti) X-Original-Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Archive-name: plains.nodak.edu/25-May-90 Original-posting-by: overby@plains.UUCP (Glen Overby) Original-subject: WHERE TO GET ST 1.5.10 and other Minix Bits Archive-site: plains.nodak.edu [134.129.111.64] Archive-directory: pub/Minix Reposted-by: emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti) There has been a lot of traffic discussing how to get the ST updates. I got all the parts, and they are now in the archives on plains.nodak.edu, specifically the directory {pub/}Minix/updates/st1.5.10, with files named $ ls ~ftp/pub/Minix/updates/st1.5.10 :Fix Part1 Part13 Part4 Part8 :Info1 Part10 Part14 Part5 Part9 :Postscript Part11 Part2 Part6 mdbexp.c Part0 Part12 Part3 Part7 I wasn't able to uudecode the files (I have no idea what Franz was doing with those things). Once I figure that out, I'll decode them into their .Z counterparts (so if names change on you, that's why). I do not have the latest bits (such as pc1.3-1.5.10) from the land of adelaide.edu.oz (definately not Kansas) because I have not been able to hold an FTP session to them for very long. My "shadow" of their "pub/minix/local" directory hasn't been kept up-to-date because of this and apparently some software bugs. And I thought nodak.edu was supposed to be getting a faster, better link about now... A couple comments on some recent traffic: In article <20307@nigel.udel.EDU> archer%segin4.segin.fr@prime.com (Vincent Archer) writes: >Christoph van Wuellen writes: >>Perhaps G. Overby can put it into the archive by hand? >If there are not in archive, he probably never saw them. I think a repost >(maybe only to MINIX-L members, to save bandwidth) is in order. Everything in my archive is put there by hand. While I'm reading news, I save the interesting stuff off to numerically sequenced files (in pub/Minix/NEW) and periodically shuffle that directory into the more organized directories. I do try to keep up on things, but I'm human. Since I always get a few people asking me how to use the archive, here's the directions. An archive of Minix upgrades and other interesting files are kept in a manually-maintained archive on Plains.NoDak.edu [134.129.111.64]. This archive is accessible via anonymous ftp, as well as with a mail server. ANONYMOUS FTP Our site accepts FTP logins with the user "anonymous" and any password (network conventions generally say you should use your login name, but that is not required). This machine is also used for theoretically useful purposes, such as mail, classes, research, reading news and playing games. Thus, we ask that you limit your usage of this to off-peak hours, (for us this is Mid- night to 8 AM Central time (GMT -6), but we won't get mad if you push this a bit earlier in the evening) and weekends. USING THE MAIL SERVER For those not fortunate enough to be on the Internet itself, we run the Clarkson server to process mail requests. This is an ex- tremely versatile program, that allows various encoding formats (btoa, uuencode), compression (compress, arc, zoo) and splitting of large files. The server has been customized to send HELP and Index files at any time, and all other files between 23:00 and 08:00 local time. If you submit a request that contains *any* file that is not a Help or Index file, the entire request is queued until late night (currently 23:00 local time, but that may be moved to earlier hours of the morning if it proves to be a large load on the system). The addresses for the server are: archive-server@plains.nodak.edu {umn-cs, ogicse, uunet}!plains!archive-server (UUCP) fileserv@plains (Bitnet) Note to Bitnet people: this server is not 'logged on' to the machine, so you cannot send it interactive messages. The 'fileserv' alias was added for those of you who do not run the Croswell mailer, but you must still use something that is detect- able as mail (such as a NOTE). Bitnet files will drop into our bit bucket, unprocessed, since there is no real user by either of these names. To obtain a list of the files, the INDEX command is used: index [ ] where is a directory under our ~ftp/pub login (empty for the main directory). There are several other directories of programs for Microcomputers, current volumes for comp.sources.* and some of the Free Software Foundation's products. The SEND command is used for having files sent to you, such as in: send Minix/doc/Info_Sheet That file is a copy of the monthly "Minix Information Sheet" posting. The Minix Compatibility list is available in the file "Minix/doc/Compatibility". There are many more options for having your files compressed (note: most files in these directories already have been), uuen- coded, split, and so on. To obtain more information on the server, send the command: help and you will be enlightened. The server accepts commands in mixed case, but all directory/file names are case significant (just like Minix). A cautionary note: this server is somewhat 'probational'; that is, if it turns out to be a serious load on our CPU, mailer, postmaster, and network links then it will be shut down (and then your only alternative will again be that listserv thing over on our IBM Iron Pig). Use with moderation. This archive is maintained by Glen Overby, , at North Dakota State University, Far- go, ND USA (46 52 N / 96 48 W city) -- Glen Overby uunet!plains!overby (UUCP) overby@plains (Bitnet)