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From: fvkampen@cs.vu.nl (Kampen van F)
Subject: Re: Shared Text Etc.
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Date: Thu, 2 Nov 1995 14:19:51 GMT
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cmoore@europa.com (cm) writes:

>I am running Minix 1.7.1 on a Wang 286 with 640 base and 1.5 extended memory.
>questions are:

>1) is there an implimentation for shared-text with 1.7.1? and can I use it?
 Don't know
>2) how do i activate job control?  I know ash supports it, but it never 
>seems to work.

Minix as an OS does not support Job Control. No shell can change that.

>misc questions:

>when i re-compile the kernel, and type
>ps -U /usr/src/kernel/kernel /usr/src/fs/fs /usr/src/mm/mm
>to rebuild the /etc/psdatabase, it never works correctly. I get a list of 
>my jobs and then ps returns error 11.

Do not forget to copy /etc/psdatabase from the ramdisk to your root
filesystem. /etc is a ramdisk, so when you reboot, you loose your information.

>thanks in advance..

>cm

Florentijn van Kampen
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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam    |  Florentijn van Kampen
Department of                   |  Member of the Bavo Music Lab 
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