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From: MRTSI@CUNYVM (Mimi Tausner)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Help needed! Running 1.5 with one floppy
Message-ID: <90272.113623MRTSI@CUNYVM.BITNET>
Date: 29 Sep 90 15:36:23 GMT
Organization: City University of New York/ University Computer Center
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Just got MINIX 1.5 from PH. We have a lab with 386 machines on a network. The
computers themselves have no hard disks and only one 3.5 floppy drive.

PH shipped 1.5 with /usr binaries on three double density disks.  As shipped
the whole package now takes 12 DD 3.5 inch disks!
I'm trying to run MINIX from the floppies alone - without using the network.
I figure if I can pack enough of the binaries on one /usr disk, this might work
out OK.

So far things seems to be running OK except for the lpr command. I'm able to
get some printout by redirecting output to /dev/lp, but I get usage error
messages when I try to use lpr.  Which binaries do I need to keep on my /usr
disk to make lpr work correctly? (or maybe that's not the problem at all ...)

Any info would be appreciated.  Thanks.