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From: paula@bcsaic.UUCP (Paul Allen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Method for applying patches to upgrade MINIX
Message-ID: <11988@bcsaic.UUCP>
Date: 1 Jun 89 01:50:56 GMT
References: <16496@louie.udel.EDU>
Reply-To: paula@bcsaic.UUCP (Paul Allen)
Organization: Boeing Computer Services AI Center, Seattle
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When I upgraded from 1.1 to 1.3, I used my Sun to apply the patches.
With no worries about memory, stack space, disk space or cpu horsepower,
the patching went fairly smoothly.  Compared to a real Unix environment, 
Minix is a considerable pain to try to do any real work on.  (And
applying all those diffs is *real* work.  :-)

If you are faced with the prospect of upgrading using Minix itself as 
the development environment, my heart goes out to you!  Based on the 
fact that many posters to this group have reported success, I'm certain 
that your quest is not hopeless.  Many attempted- upgraders have also 
reported frustration and confusion after spending many hours in the 
trying.  I don't see much joy in your ordeal.

Paul Allen
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