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.TH MKDIST 8
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.SH NAME
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mkdist \- make a MINIX 3 distribution
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B mkdist
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B Mkdist
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makes a MINIX 3 distribution on floppies. Run the command as
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.B root
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and follow the instructions. It will make one or two bootable installation
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floppies and a compressed tar file of
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.B /usr
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on several floppies using
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.BR vol (1).
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.PP
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The result can be installed on another system as described in
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.BR usage (8),
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except that all of
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.B /usr
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is saved on one set of floppies instead of being nicely split in binary
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and source packages.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR tar (1),
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.BR compress (1),
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.BR vol (1),
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.BR usage (8).
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.SH NOTES
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Also very useful for making backups.
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.SH AUTHOR
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Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)
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