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- From: Mhughes%mic16@redstone-emh2.army.mil
- Subject: Help With Minix
- Message-ID: <1993Jan12.003853.23179@udel.edu>
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- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 00:05:44 GMT
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- I Have a few questions...
-
- 1st I have Minix 1.5.10 from PH. One of my disks is corrupt. (The Disk
- Containing the /usr/include directories, the /usr/src/lib directories, and the
- /usr/src/tools directory) This makes minix about useless. I have asked several
- people on the net if I could get a copy of their files and have had no success.
- Does anyone know where I can get a copy of these files short of buying another
- set of disks.
-
- 2nd Are there any patches out there on the net to allow minix to support
- more than 2 com ports on the IBM ? (Maybe someone could at least tell me where
- to start hacking if I ever get the includes) I would like to use my modem on
- COM3 or COM4 with terminals on COM1 and COM2.
-
- 3rd Are there any patches around to allow Minix to support TC/IP
- instead of amoeba transactions, or patches to allow Minix to support the
- 3COM 3c501 network adapters (once again, maybe someone could point me the right
- direction)
-
- 4th In the event that I cannot get a copy of the files that I am
- missing, is there a Unix clone out there as good or better than Minix? ( I
- looked at 386BSD, it does not seem to support multiple users, and 200 Meg is
- just a little much for an operating system even with the sources.)
-
- I would really like to stick with Minix, But without the Includes, libs, and
- tools it is just an expensive paperweight.
- Any help would be greatly appreciated.
- -Michael K. Hughes
- mhughes%mic16@redstone-emh2.army.mil
- or
- 95acl%tmde2@redstone-emh2.army.mil
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