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1*44906SbosticSun Jun 23 16:31:26 PDT 1985
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3*44906SbosticThe scripts needed to build a boot tape for 4.2 and beyond
4*44906Sbosticlive here.  Before trying anything look at the scripts
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6*44906Sbostic	buildmini
7*44906Sbostic	get
8*44906Sbostic	maketape
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10*44906SbosticTo construct a tape suitable for bootstrapping a system
11*44906Sbosticfirst find a spare file system for a ``mini root'' and
12*44906Sbosticpatch the buildmini shell script to reflect its location.
13*44906SbosticSecond, decide where your ``distribution'' source is located
14*44906Sbosticand patch the get and maketape scripts.  Then do the following:
15*44906Sbostic	% buildmini
16*44906Sbostic	% maketape [ 6250 | 1600 [ tapename [ remotetapemachine ] ] ]
17*44906SbosticThis builds a distribution on one tape at 6250bpi, two tapes at 1600bpi.
18*44906SbosticThe tape drive  may be on a remote machine if the last optional arg is given.
19*44906SbosticFor 1600bpi, be sure and check whether /usr/src will fit on one tape.
20*44906SbosticThe current distribution is about 80+ megabytes and easily fits on one tape
21*44906Sbosticat 6250bpi with a blocking factor of 20.
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