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From: dick@ahds.uucp (Dick Heijne acc/ts)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Needing DOS to format
Summary: format in minix
Message-ID: <861@ahds.uucp>
Date: 9 Jun 90 00:40:11 GMT
References: <21518@nigel.udel.EDU>
Organization: Ahold NV, Zaandam, Holland
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In article <21518@nigel.udel.EDU>, andrew@eleceng.bradford.ac.uk (Andrew G. Minter) writes:
> > From: "LCDR Michael E. Dobson" <rdc30med@MIL.NAVY.NNMC.NMRDC.NMRDC1>
> > 
> > > 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 :-(
> 

Yeeeahhh, does anybody know if there are any developments in this area
for ST-minix ? ( or did I mis something a while back ? )

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