sbmueller@trillium.waterloo.edu (Stephler();) (11/02/88)
Oh no, not another request from a neophyte... Long time ago, say over a year ago or so, I purchased Minix 1.1 (gasp! how obsolete!) from my local software store. I haven't actually used it between then and now, owing to the fact it doesn't run on my Model 50. I am aware that the current state of things is 1.3c or so. Question: Where do I get/how do I go about getting my 1.1 version up to snuff? Can I buy an upgrade to 1.3 for less than buying 1.3 `new'? (ie. is my 1.1 worth anything?) Or do I just have to run oodles of patches? If so, where to get said patches? I'd like to then run it on the Model 50. From what I've read in this newsgroup it appears that it hasn't been done yet, but may work. I will have access to machines other than the Model 50 for the actual work of upgrading. Many thanx for any and all help in bringing me out of the stone age :-) Stephler(); I had a .sig lying around here somewhere... sbmueller@trillium.waterloo.edu
root@cca.ucsf.edu (Computer Center) (11/03/88)
The summary pretty much covers it. Sharing the labor, combining expertise, the ability to check behaviour before and after specific changes easily by having several machines available, multiple sources of the upgrade amterials are all pretty obvious advantages. As for organizing such, try LOCAL distribution net postings, established user groups that may have interested members, BBS's, etc. Thos Sumner (thos@cca.ucsf.edu) BITNET: thos@ucsfcca (The I.G.) (...ucbvax!ucsfcgl!cca.ucsf!thos) OS|2 -- an Operating System for puppets. #include <disclaimer.std>
allbery@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon S. Allbery) (11/10/88)
As quoted from <9422@watdragon.waterloo.edu> by sbmueller@trillium.waterloo.edu (Stephler();): +--------------- | I'd like to then run it on the Model 50. From what I've read in | this newsgroup it appears that it hasn't been done yet, but may work. +--------------- I recently tested 1.3c on the Model 50; it appears that the hard disk driver is incompatible. Dr. Tanenbaum is working on it and will hopefully be sending me the new version to test shortly. (Unless you'd prefer to do it...? The Model 50's I'm using are those of a client and I don't have particularly consistent access to them.) ++Brandon -- Brandon S. Allbery, comp.sources.misc moderator and one admin of ncoast PA UN*X uunet!hal.cwru.edu!ncoast!allbery <PREFERRED!> ncoast!allbery@hal.cwru.edu allberyb@skybridge.sdi.cwru.edu <ALSO> allbery@uunet.uu.net comp.sources.misc is moving off ncoast -- please do NOT send submissions direct Send comp.sources.misc submissions to comp-sources-misc@<backbone>.