rdc30med@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil (LCDR Michael E. Dobson) (06/07/90)
> > No, one shouldn't have DOS 3.3, one shouldn't have DOS at all! MINIX is an > OPERATING SYSTEM (as DOS trys to be ;-), only if one needs to format one > needs DOS. But who formats these days ;-).^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > No longer true, Bruce Evans fixed that with his posting of a Minix stand-alone format program. You can now totaly eliminate DOS from your Minix machine :-). -- Mike Dobson Sys Admin for nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil (3B2/600G runing Sys V R 3.2) and code30.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil (Z-248 running Minix 1.5.10) and bilbo (LE Model M running Minix 1.5.10) Internet: rdc30med@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil or code30!rdc30med@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil (Minix at work) or bilbo!med@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil (Minix at home) BITNET: dobson@usuhsb.BITNET MCI Mail: 377-2719 or 0003772719@NRI.mcimail.com
andrew@eleceng.bradford.ac.uk (Andrew G. Minter) (06/09/90)
> Date: Thu, 7 Jun 90 15:55:35 GMT > From: "LCDR Michael E. Dobson" <rdc30med@MIL.NAVY.NNMC.NMRDC.NMRDC1> > > > No, one shouldn't have DOS 3.3, one shouldn't have DOS at all! MINIX is an > > OPERATING SYSTEM (as DOS trys to be ;-), only if one needs to format one > > needs DOS. But who formats these days ;-).~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > No longer true, Bruce Evans fixed that with his posting of a Minix > stand-alone format program. You can now totaly eliminate DOS from > your Minix machine :-). You still need DOS if you have 3.5" high density disks :-( Andrew -- ############################################################################## # Andrew G. Minter, # JANET: andrew@brad.eeng # # Lecturer in Information Systems, # EARN/BITNET: andrew@eeng.brad.ac.uk # # Dept. of Electrical Engineering, # # # University of Bradford, # Phone: +44.274.733466 ext 347 or 326 # # Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD7 1DP # Telex: 51309 UNIBFD G # # United Kingdom # Fax: +44.274.305340 # ##############################################################################
michaelb@vms.macc.wisc.edu (Michael Bloxham) (06/09/90)
In article <21518@nigel.udel.EDU>, andrew@eleceng.bradford.ac.uk (Andrew G. Minter) writes... >> Date: Thu, 7 Jun 90 15:55:35 GMT >> From: "LCDR Michael E. Dobson" <rdc30med@MIL.NAVY.NNMC.NMRDC.NMRDC1> >> >> > No, one shouldn't have DOS 3.3, one shouldn't have DOS at all! MINIX is an >> > OPERATING SYSTEM (as DOS trys to be ;-), only if one needs to format one >> > needs DOS. But who formats these days ;-).~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> > >> No longer true, Bruce Evans fixed that with his posting of a Minix >> stand-alone format program. You can now totaly eliminate DOS from >> your Minix machine :-). > >You still need DOS if you have 3.5" high density disks :-( > >Andrew Hopefully not for long! I patched Bruce's format program to format 3.5" disks in a second drive (1). I sent this program to him along with a new makeflops(.sh) for his approval. I was hoping he would post these to make them official (more so than coming from me anyways...). The format program works for me! Bruce, what's the status on this?? mike ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael L. Bloxham | Real programmers don't comment their code. michaelb@vms.macc.wisc.edu | If it was hard to write, it should be hard michaelb@WISCMACC.bitnet | to understand.
dick@ahds.uucp (Dick Heijne acc/ts) (06/09/90)
In article <21518@nigel.udel.EDU>, andrew@eleceng.bradford.ac.uk (Andrew G. Minter) writes: > > From: "LCDR Michael E. Dobson" <rdc30med@MIL.NAVY.NNMC.NMRDC.NMRDC1> > > > > > No, one shouldn't have DOS 3.3, one shouldn't have DOS at all! MINIX is an > > > OPERATING SYSTEM (as DOS trys to be ;-), only if one needs to format one > > > needs DOS. But who formats these days ;-).~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > No longer true, Bruce Evans fixed that with his posting of a Minix > > stand-alone format program. You can now totaly eliminate DOS from > > your Minix machine :-). > > You still need DOS if you have 3.5" high density disks :-( > Yeeeahhh, does anybody know if there are any developments in this area for ST-minix ? ( or did I mis something a while back ? ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dick Heijne - Ahold Coorporate Information Systems & Technology _______ __ __ ________ __ ___ / ____ /| / /| / /| / ____ /| / /| / __ \ / /___/ // / /___/ // / /|__/ // / // / /| \ \ / ____ // / ____/ // / // / // / // / // / / / /|__/ // / /___/ // / /___/ // / /_____ / /___/ // N.V. /_// /_// /_// /_// /_______// /_______/| /_______// |_/ |_/ |_/ |_/ |_______/ |_______|/ |_______/ Zaandam, The Netherlands dick@ahhk.uucp - ..uunet!hp4nl!ahhk!dick
wsd@cbnews.att.com (wayne.s.dinsmore) (06/11/90)
In article <21518@nigel.udel.EDU> andrew@eleceng.bradford.ac.uk (Andrew G. Minter) writes: >> Date: Thu, 7 Jun 90 15:55:35 GMT >> From: "LCDR Michael E. Dobson" <rdc30med@MIL.NAVY.NNMC.NMRDC.NMRDC1> >> >> > No, one shouldn't have DOS 3.3, one shouldn't have DOS at all! MINIX is an >> > OPERATING SYSTEM (as DOS trys to be ;-), only if one needs to format one >> > needs DOS. But who formats these days ;-).~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> > >> No longer true, Bruce Evans fixed that with his posting of a Minix >> stand-alone format program. You can now totaly eliminate DOS from >> your Minix machine :-). > >You still need DOS if you have 3.5" high density disks :-( > >Andrew >-- Not true! I format 3.5 disks to 1.44Meg from minix all the time. It took a while to figure out the device name to use but with all the info passing thru the net I got my answers. Would you believe you have to use a ps2 device name to do it? Believe it! -- __________________________________________________________________ | Wayne S. Dinsmore Make it in Massachusetts, | AT&T Bell Labs att!cbnews!wsd Spend it in New Hampshire. | Room MV-1X54 (508)960-6113