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1.1       root        1: Sun Jun 23 16:31:26 PDT 1985
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                      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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