Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!olivea!decwrl!pa.dec.com!rust.zso.dec.com!shlump.nac.dec.com!wjg.enet.dec.com!guineau From: guineau@wjg.enet.dec.com (W. John Guineau) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Re: Some initial impressions of Amiga MINIX Message-ID: <19884@shlump.nac.dec.com> Date: 6 Feb 91 15:09:52 GMT References: <8960@star.cs.vu.nl> Sender: newsdaemon@shlump.nac.dec.com Reply-To: guineau@wjg.enet.dec.com Distribution: comp Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation, Marlboro, MA Lines: 44 In article <8960@star.cs.vu.nl>, sreiz@cs.vu.nl (Steven Reiz) writes: |> From: sreiz@cs.vu.nl (Steven Reiz) |> Newsgroups: comp.os.minix |> Subject: Re: Some initial impressions of Amiga MINIX |> |> jkh@bambam.pcs.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) writes: |> |> [problems with purchasing minix deleted...] |> |> > Download new kernel that Steven was so kind as to post to the net and |> >bring it up. Yippe! Boots! Hmmm. Better back up them there disks. |> ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |> Good! Even better :-) |> |> Please note that a more recent version of the kernel can be ftp-ed from |> ftp.cs.vu.nl, directory /pub/sreiz/minix, file latest_aminix.lzh. |> It fixes some problems with floppy drives, which might prevent the |> problems you had in copying the disks. |> This is great that you put the fixes up for ftp! Could you put some kind of version in the file name so we can tell what the 'latest' really is? Also, I tried to ftp to ftp.cs.vu.nl but it kicke me out saying: /usr2/wjg% ftp ftp.cs.vu.nl Connected to star.cs.vu.nl. 220 star.cs.vu.nl FTP server (SunOS 4.1) ready. Name (ftp.cs.vu.nl:wjg): ftp 530 User ftp unknown. Login failed. |> Regards, |> |> Steven Reiz |> -- W. John Guineau grep meaning life | more Digital Equipment Corporation guineau@wjg.enet.dec.com or wjg@wpi.wpi.edu