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From: paul@ukpoit.co.uk (Paul Wood)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: init/inittab/getty/gettydefs from plains
Message-ID: <1991Mar25.112447.12082@ukpoit.co.uk>
Date: 25 Mar 91 11:24:47 GMT
References: <1991Mar18.133804.28724@ukpoit.co.uk> <9103212032@uwalt.nl.mugnet.org>
Reply-To: paul@ukpoit.co.uk (Paul Wood)
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In article <9103212032@uwalt.nl.mugnet.org> waltje@uwalt.nl.mugnet.org (Fred 'The Rebel' van Kempen) writes:
>In article <1991Mar18.133804.28724@ukpoit.co.uk>, paul@ukpoit.co.uk (Paul Wood) wrote:
>> 
>> I have been using the init/inittab/getty/gettydefs package available on
>> archive-server@plains.nodak.edu for some time on my MacPlus.
>Is that the one I posed last week, or the old one?
I can't find the latest one. I requested various index listings from plains
over the weekend, and I don't see anything new. Have you just reposted it as
Minix/mugnet.sources/7 (nice meaningful name :-) )? The date in the index for
that file is still 23 Nov 1990.

>> My /etc/gettydefs is as follows:
>>     WIND1#SANE#SANE#Window 1 Login: #WIND1
>>     WIND2#SANE#SANE#Window 2 Login: #WIND2
>>     MODEM#SANE B2400#SANE B2400#Modem Login: #MODEM
>Also correct, although I would add "-ECHO RAW" as well...
I assume you mean on the MODEM line only.

>I will gather the stuff on uwalt, and post it again.  That version _has_ a
>telinit (ln /etc/init /etc/telinit :-), but it is harder to install, since
>you have to fiddle with LOW_USER and such in FS and MM. :-(
Great! I really need Advanced Minix so that I can beta-test your wnews and uucp
(and try out your wmail and umail).

[ BTW: Fred, I have been having problems mailing you and plains. ]
[ Do you know why? Have other Minix people had the same problem? ]

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