jmiller@bgsuvax.UUCP (Jim Miller) (02/15/91)
Greetings everyone,
I am in sort of a strange situation - I ordered 'Operating Systems -
Design and Implementation' from my campus bookstore last week. I was initially
under the impression that you had to have something (ie a proof of purchase)
out of the book before you could order the minix distribution diskettes.
Well, I called Prentice Hall last week and spoke to a nice lady in the software
department and found out that I could order the disks over the phone, which I
did. I received the disks today, and (of course) am anxious to get started.
My campus bookstore says 2 to 6 weeks to get my book.
Now, my question: Is there any way I can get started without the
book? Or is the setup procedure too complicated to even attempt without
the documentation? I was able to boot to the point of "Welcome to MINIX.
login: ".
Any help and/or suggestions will be very much appreciated. I doubt this
is of general interest to justify posting to the net (since you all have
MINIX going already :-) ) so please respond via email.
Thanks again.
Jim
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