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From: rdc30med@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil (LCDR Michael E. Dobson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Needing DOS to format
Message-ID: <21370@nigel.udel.EDU>
Date: 7 Jun 90 15:55:35 GMT
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> 
> No, one shouldn't have DOS 3.3, one shouldn't have DOS at all! MINIX is an
> OPERATING SYSTEM (as DOS trys to be ;-), only if one needs to format one
> needs DOS. But who formats these days ;-).^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
No longer true, Bruce Evans fixed that with his posting of a Minix
stand-alone format program.  You can now totaly eliminate DOS from
your Minix machine :-).
-- 

Mike Dobson
Sys Admin for nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil (3B2/600G runing Sys V R 3.2) and
              code30.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil (Z-248 running Minix 1.5.10) and
              bilbo (LE Model M running Minix 1.5.10)

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