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From: protonen@daimi.aau.dk (Lars J|dal)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: >Minix update question (my own reply)
Message-ID: <1991Apr4.135359.13677@daimi.aau.dk>
Date: 4 Apr 91 13:53:59 GMT
Sender: protonen@daimi.aau.dk (Lars J|dal)
Organization: DAIMI: Computer Science Department, Aarhus University, Denmark
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Thank you for the answers I got.

Just for the benefit of those who also wanted to know, I have cut out the
essentials of two of the E-mails I got:

> protonen@daimi.aau.dk (Lars J|dal):
> > If I update Minix 1.X to 1.Y with patches, how close will I be to a system
> > 1.Y bought at PH? What I mean is that a patch is a patch (...so I guess :-) )
> > so any new utility programs will not be present with patches, right?
> > (Actually I'm thinking of ST Minix 1.1 -> 1.5, but the question is meant
> > to be generel).
> I upgraded from Minix ST 1.1 to 1.5.10.3, and got exactly the same
> result as one would get from buying it. (Actually, the version sold
> by PH is the patched version of Frans Meulenbroeks ;-))
> HOWEVER, you _do_ miss a new manual, which includes most of the {fs,mm,kernel}
> sources, all man pages, and installation instructions. It's highly
> questionable if this is worth the $170, but still...

> If you use the official patches (and have no transfer troubles), you
> should end up with the exact same distribution as the Prentice-Hall
> distribution (with the possible exception of the C compiler binary).


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