dave@sactoh0.UUCP (David M. Schwartz) (09/11/89)
I just purchased MINIX for the ATARI ST and think I may have a
problem with the disks. I purchased it from Prentice-Hall. Of
the 9 disks, only the one marked 08.TOS can be read from the
desktop. Is this normal? If so, can I still make back-up
copies? Some of the disks when I open them, show no files,
others show greek-like characters for file names, and the number
of bytes is larger than is possible to get on a floppy disk. Are
my disks bad? Should I contact Prentice-Hall about it? Any help
would sure be appreciated.
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#############################################################ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum) (09/11/89)
In article <1812@sactoh0.UUCP> dave@sactoh0.UUCP (David M. Schwartz) writes: >I just purchased MINIX for the ATARI ST and think I may have a >problem with the disks. I purchased it from Prentice-Hall. Of >the 9 disks, only the one marked 08.TOS can be read from the >desktop. Is this normal? The disks come with a 62 page instruction manual with a nice coffee-resistant plasticized cover. Read it. At the top of page 4 it clearly states that only one of the disks is readable under TOS. The rest are MINIX file systems and can only be copied using MINIX. Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)
158625%DOLUNI1.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (Thomas Humburg) (09/11/89)
I think you`ll better read the Little Booklet you got with your disks. It will tell you all you have to know about copying your disks and installing minix on the st. Greetings Sherlock
hcj@lzaz.ATT.COM (HC Johnson) (09/11/89)
In article <1812@sactoh0.UUCP>, dave@sactoh0.UUCP (David M. Schwartz) writes: > I just purchased MINIX for the ATARI ST and think I may have a > problem with the disks. I purchased it from Prentice-Hall. Of > the 9 disks, only the one marked 08.TOS can be read from the > desktop. Is this normal? If so, can I still make back-up > copies? Some of the disks when I open them, show no files, > others show greek-like characters for file names, and the number > of bytes is larger than is possible to get on a floppy disk. Are > my disks bad? Should I contact Prentice-Hall about it? Any help > would sure be appreciated. What you get are TOS copyable disks. the rest is MINIX disk format which is not TOS interpretable. Thus, you can use the A: to B: copy because the 'boot' block is faked to look like TOS. But there are no TOS filesystems, only a minix file system. Boot the root disk, and follow instructions. all will be well. Howard C. Johnson ATT Bell Labs att!lzaz!hcj hcj@lzaz.att.com
wnp@attctc.Dallas.TX.US (Wolf Paul) (09/12/89)
In article <3204@ast.cs.vu.nl> ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum) writes: >In article <1812@sactoh0.UUCP> dave@sactoh0.UUCP (David M. Schwartz) writes: >>I just purchased MINIX for the ATARI ST and think I may have a >>problem with the disks. I purchased it from Prentice-Hall. Of >>the 9 disks, only the one marked 08.TOS can be read from the >>desktop. Is this normal? > >The disks come with a 62 page instruction manual with a nice coffee-resistant >plasticized cover. Read it. At the top of page 4 it clearly states that >only one of the disks is readable under TOS. The rest are MINIX file systems >and can only be copied using MINIX. So now we have a new expression exclusively for the MINIX community, analogous to UNIX's >>RTFM<<. It's >>RTNCRPCM<< -- "Read the nice, coffee-resistant plasticized covered manual" -- has quite a distinctive ring to it! In addition, it can safely be used around women and children.
martini@uunet.uu.net (Martin Ibert) (09/15/89)
Hi! Only the disk 08.TOS isupposed to be read by the desktop. All the other ones contain MINIX or special file systems. But yes, you can back them up using the icon drag operation. But if you have bought the stuff, you should have received a manual. Open it to page 4 (section 2.1) and read it. Remember you must *one-sided* disks for making back-up copies. \\ . Martin P Ibert, Westendallee 100 d, 1000 Berlin 19, West Germany // || |\ /| E-mail: martini@netmbx.UUCP ...!unido!tub!tmpmbx!netmbx!martini || || | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------- || // "If all else fails, read the documentation!" -- (author unknown) \\