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From: jmiller@bgsuvax.UUCP (Jim Miller)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: have minix binaries, but no book yet
Message-ID: <6979@bgsuvax.UUCP>
Date: 15 Feb 91 01:05:11 GMT
Organization: Bowling Green State University B.G., Oh.
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Greetings everyone,
    I am in sort of a strange situation - I ordered 'Operating Systems -
Design and Implementation' from my campus bookstore last week.  I was initially
under the impression that you had to have something (ie a proof of purchase)
out of the book before you could order the minix distribution diskettes.  
Well, I called Prentice Hall last week and spoke to a nice lady in the software
department and found out that I could order the disks over the phone, which I 
did.  I received the disks today, and (of course) am anxious to get started.  
My campus bookstore says 2 to 6 weeks to get my book.

    Now, my question:  Is there any way I can get started without the
book?  Or is the setup procedure too complicated to even attempt without 
the documentation?  I was able to boot to the point of "Welcome to MINIX. 
login: ".  

    Any help and/or suggestions will be very much appreciated.  I doubt this
is of general interest to justify posting to the net (since you all have
MINIX going already :-) ) so please respond via email.

    Thanks again.

Jim
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