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From: mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us (Marc Unangst)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Upgrading 1.2 -> 1.3a
Message-ID: <162.2427093E@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us>
Date: 22 Mar 89 02:42:15 GMT
Organization: A neat desk is a sign of a crazy person.
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Okay, I've got d1.2-1.3.tar.Z from bugs.  However, I've got a slight problem.   
It's about 885K long, and I've only got a 360K drive.  How do I transfer it  
into Minix format?  Am I going to have to uncompress it under DOS, untar it  
onto multiple floppies, and then read in EACH AND EVERY INDIVIDUAL FILE onto  
my hard disk with dosread (which can't handle wildcards)?  I've tried linking  
/dev/hd1 to /dev/at1 (for some reason, dosdir doesn't want to use /dev/fd? --  
It insists on using /dev/at?), and then executing 'dosdir -l 1', but that only  
got me an "Disk is not DOS 2.0 1.2MB or 360K" error (which is certainly  
right!).  What do I do?  Will a 3.8MB Minix partition be big enough?

BTW, in an earlier article, someone asked for info on how to lay out the  
disk.  I'd appreciate it if anyone with this info could please post it, or  
send it to me, too.  Addresses are in my .signature.

 
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Marc Unangst
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