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From: archer%segin4.segin.fr@prime.com (Vincent Archer)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Needing TOS to format (was Needing DOS to format)
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Date: 11 Jun 90 09:04:46 GMT
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Dick Heijne acc/ts <dick@ahds.uucp> writes:
> [lots of stuff from Andrew G. Minter, Michael E. Dobson and somebody else]
> >>> 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 ;-).
>
> Yeeeahhh, does anybody know if there are any developments in this area
> for ST-minix ? ( or did I mis something a while back ? )

The 1.5 version includes a nice and useful format(1L) command. I use it often
because I can't stand the sight of the awful Atari Gem Desktop :-)

To use the format (as in format dd0), one should have the 1.5 kernel, fs, the
format command, and define /dev/fmtfd0, /dev/ftmfd1, /dev/fmtdd0, /dev/fmtdd1
with major number 3 and minor numbers 64, 65, 72 and 73 (64+minors of fd0, fd1,
dd0 and dd1). Just type "format dd0", and then "mkfs dd0 720", and you've got
a brand new disk


    Vincent


Vincent Archer                   | Email:archer%segin4.segin.fr@prime.com
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