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From: mpsimon@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (M. Patrick Simon)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Minix Manual for the Atari ST
Keywords: typos
Message-ID: <4398@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 12 Nov 88 16:55:10 GMT
Organization: Princeton University, NJ
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I have found what I think are 2 typos/omissions in the Minix Manual for the
Atari ST. I am not a unix expert, in any sense of the word, so if anyone
can see that my corrections are incorrect, please post it.

1. In the section on using double-sided diskettes, at the bottom of page 10,
after the file system is made on dd0, you need to mount it (at least that
is the way it is done on p.9). After the last line on p.10, add the line

# /etc/mount /dev/dd0 /user

2. In the section on How to use Minix ST, the method of creating a TOS
compatible sector 0 on a minix floppy is unclear as to when this operation is
allowed/required -- can I do this any time, or only immediately after the
mkfs command is executed for that disk? Also, the two lines that begin with
"# dd" in the middle of p.17 should have the phrase "count=1" appended at
the end of the line. The current lines attempt to copy an entire floppy, not
just the first 512 bytes.

i.e. replace "# dd if=/dev/dd0 of=/tmp/sec0"
with         "# dd if=/dev/dd0 of=/tmp/sec0 count=1"


--Patrick Simon          mpsimon@phoenix.princeton.edu    11-12-88