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From: stuart@bms-at.UUCP (Stuart D. Gathman)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: First Impressions of Minix
Message-ID: <381@bms-at.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 24-Apr-87 13:07:45 EST
Article-I.D.: bms-at.381
Posted: Fri Apr 24 13:07:45 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 25-Apr-87 23:39:39 EST
References: <288@grebyn.COM> <893@tekfdi.TEK.COM> <12904@watmath.UUCP>
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Summary: So what's the problem?

In article <12904@watmath.UUCP>, djfiander@watmath.UUCP writes:

> to read an MSDos diskette he loads a disk driver which understands that format
> (without having to reboot, let alone relink), sticks in the disk, and reads it.
> When he is finished, he unloads the driver.  This is the way drivers should work
> as far as I'm concerned.

This is in fact the way it does work in MINIX!  

Try the dosread and doswrite commands.
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Stuart D. Gathman	<..!seismo!dgis!bms-at!stuart>