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From: cwr@pnet01.cts.com (Will Rose)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Snags in 1.5.0 update
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Date: 6 Jan 90 06:16:03 GMT
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Can anyone explain how you patch ls and more in the 1.5 postings?  The 1.3
patch copes with every other file without complaint, but not these two, even
with maximum stack space and 1MB of /tmp.  Does the 1.5 patch work, or is
there some trick I haven't found?
 
On a different topic, what is the significance of partition types 0x80 and
0x81 (partition.h).  The last I heard, MINIX had no partition type.  To
suddenly have two seems an embarasse de richesse - what programs use these
values?
 
Just for the record, 1.5 runs on a 10MHz XT with a DTK motherboard and 40Ms
Seagate ST251.  The order of a few include files needed changing, and there
are several pointer warnings in compilation, but all seems relatively ok.  I'm
getting problems with the DEL key abort, which logs me out when used at the
'more' prompt, but my shell and more are both 1.3; I'll see if the problem
continues with the 1.5 shell.
 
Two nice programs - ast's backup and (whoevers) unshar; both lifesavers.  And
thanks to Dave Lawyer for the portio warning - I'd made exactly that mistake.
 
Good luck - Will
 
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