Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!usc!ucsd!ames!haven!udel!mmdf From: andrew@eleceng.bradford.ac.uk (Andrew G. Minter) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Re: Needing DOS to format Message-ID: <21518@nigel.udel.EDU> Date: 8 Jun 90 19:15:04 GMT Sender: mmdf@udel.EDU Lines: 23 > Date: Thu, 7 Jun 90 15:55:35 GMT > From: "LCDR Michael E. Dobson" > > > 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 :-). You still need DOS if you have 3.5" high density disks :-( Andrew -- ############################################################################## # Andrew G. Minter, # JANET: andrew@brad.eeng # # Lecturer in Information Systems, # EARN/BITNET: andrew@eeng.brad.ac.uk # # Dept. of Electrical Engineering, # # # University of Bradford, # Phone: +44.274.733466 ext 347 or 326 # # Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD7 1DP # Telex: 51309 UNIBFD G # # United Kingdom # Fax: +44.274.305340 # ##############################################################################