Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!ucsd!ames!skipper!elxsi!maine From: maine@elxsi.dfrf.nasa.gov (Richard Maine) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: MINIX on cbip? Message-ID: Date: 12 Sep 90 01:34:59 GMT References: <2636@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> Sender: news@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov Followup-To: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Organization: NASA Dryden, Edwards, Cal. Lines: 30 In-reply-to: davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM's message of 10 Sep 90 12:29:05 GMT On 10 Sep 90 12:29:05 GMT, davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr) said: Bill> Andy has suggest that I post the demo version of MINIX to c.b.i.p. Bill> Before I do that I would like to know how many people would find that Bill> useful. Format would be as usual a zoo archive, with a doc, disk image, Bill> and kickstart programs. The kickstart (I have to write it) would copy Bill> the disk image to the disk, which would be booted. Yes, please. And what might be the chance that your kickstart and/or the demo version might help someone bootstrap up the "full" version? I have a friend who bought the full version but never installed it, partly because it comes on 1.2mb floppies, which the system he'd like to install it on doesn't have (just 360k and 1.44mb). We have access to systems that we could use to copy "standard" dos disks from 1.2 to 1.44, but that won't help much because the Minix distribution disks aren't "standard" format. I haven't spent a lot of time looking into this, so I may not have all of the details right. (It's his copy, not mine, though I might also be interested in buying a copy if I like the looks of his). I'm also not entirely sure whether having a demo version up would help anything in this process or not, but it seems at least concievable. -- -- Richard Maine maine@elxsi.dfrf.nasa.gov [130.134.64.6]