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Annotation of 43BSD/sys/dist/README, revision 1.1

1.1     ! root        1: Sun Jun 23 16:31:26 PDT 1985
        !             2: 
        !             3: The scripts needed to build a boot tape for 4.2 and beyond
        !             4: live here.  Before trying anything look at the scripts 
        !             5: 
        !             6:        buildmini
        !             7:        get
        !             8:        maketape
        !             9: 
        !            10: To construct a tape suitable for bootstrapping a system
        !            11: first find a spare file system for a ``mini root'' and
        !            12: patch the buildmini shell script to reflect its location.
        !            13: Second, decide where your ``distribution'' source is located
        !            14: and patch the get and maketape scripts.  Then do the following:
        !            15:        % buildmini
        !            16:        % maketape [ 6250 | 1600 [ tapename [ remotetapemachine ] ] ]
        !            17: This builds a distribution on one tape at 6250bpi, two tapes at 1600bpi.
        !            18: The tape drive  may be on a remote machine if the last optional arg is given.
        !            19: For 1600bpi, be sure and check whether /usr/src will fit on one tape.
        !            20: The current distribution is about 80+ megabytes and easily fits on one tape
        !            21: at 6250bpi with a blocking factor of 20.

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