Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cornell!rochester!udel!mmdf From: Y087%UNB.CA@CORNELLC.CIT.CORNELL.EDU (Y087000) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: minix on 3.5 PC? Message-ID: <9046@louie.udel.EDU> Date: 18 Feb 89 04:59:51 GMT Sender: mmdf@udel.EDU Lines: 11 I am a new user on the mailing network, please excuse the problems with ANY MAIL THAT I SEND. DOES ANYONE KNOW WHY I AM GETTING THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE AS A COMMENT: "WARNING-ORIGINAL SENDER: TAG WAS INFO-MINIX- REQUEST@UDEL.EDU"? I want to know if Minix can be used on a PC with 3 1/2" disk. How does ONE TRANSFER IT FROM 5 1/4 TO 3 1/2? I HAVE ACCESS TO A PC WITH BOTH installed. Also, how are PC files sent using UUENCODE? UNB operates an IBM VM system running MUSIC. Do I need UUDECODE on my PC or on the mainframe? IAIN GALLOWAY Y087@UNB.CA