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From: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Minix Manual for the Atari ST
Keywords: typos
Message-ID: <1665@ast.cs.vu.nl>
Date: 16 Nov 88 19:48:40 GMT
References: <4398@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> <153@nlgvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Organization: VU Informatica, Amsterdam
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In article <153@nlgvax.UUCP> johan@nlgvax.UUCP (Johan Stevenson) writes:
>In my paper AND electronic copy of the manual this command is
>there.  So far I have not received my copy of the official
>version from Prentice-Hall, so I cannot tell whether something
>went wrong during reproduction. Anyway, the mount command must
>follow mkfs.
I have both the electronic and paper copies too.  I was the one who printed
the manual (I have more pixels than Johan) although he was the one who wrote
it.  I also have the P-H manual.  Thus I am somewhat flummoxed by the fact
that the mount is in the file and in my paper copy, but not in the printed
manual.  I suspect the problem has to do with the fact that it is on the bottom
line of the page, and they probably have some kind of a mask for making a
uniform margin.  In any event, it is not there and it should be.

If people have found more errors in the manual, please post them and Johan and
I will try to get the manual fixed.

Incidentally, the fact that Johan hasn't gotten his copy is noteworthy.
(a) P-H has a contractual, legal, obligation to send each author 6 copies, and
(b) I specifically called up the editor in charge and asked him to send Johan
his copies.  Conclusion: when they quote you 2 week delivery time and sometimes
delivery in 3 days and sometimes in 4 months, they aren't being mean.  They are
just a big company, and big companies are often confused.

Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)