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Subject: Re: minix for a 286...
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I noticed this from Amiga2000@bigpond.nospam.com, and it made me think:
::::}Hi,

::::}I'm starting out new to minix but not new to operating systems in general.
::::}I pulled down the x86 files ROOT (480K) and USR (720k) and USR.TAZ (3591k)
::::}and did the writing out to a floppy, but the disks just hang the 286!

::::}any ideas?

I think I'm probably supposed to decompress the files first?

I thought that the utility fdvol did it, but probably not, so where to
now for the boot floppies?


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