Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!mips!daver!bungi.com!news From: dlr@daver.bungi.com (Dave Rand) Newsgroups: comp.sys.nsc.32k Subject: Re: Minix and the PC532 Message-ID: Date: 24 Sep 90 08:02:43 GMT Sender: news@daver.bungi.com Lines: 19 Approved: news@daver.bungi.com [In the message entitled "Re: Minix and the PC532" on Sep 24, 0:02, seanf@sco.COM writes:] > Are there any plans to make a tape distribution? I have a SCSI tape drive, > which I purchased partially because of the pc532 (and partially because I > have a '386 that wants to be backed up 8-)), and I imagine it shouldn't be > too difficult to be able to do all of the above from a tape, no? > I doubt that a tape distribution is in the coming - there is not enough size to justify it. Three high-density disks cover it pretty well... Also, we will have to add some commands to deal with tape devices in the monitor... as we found out this evening. -- Dave Rand {pyramid|mips|bct|vsi1}!daver!dlr Internet: dlr@daver.bungi.com