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From: Sean Dwyer via TUHS <tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org>
To: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org
Subject: Re: [TUHS] H.J. Lu Bootable Root & Base System disks
Date: Fri, 21 May 2021 05:46:27 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YKeBc0o8X+ORwMWc@mail.ewe2.ninja> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a1a5f5d5-01f4-4236-867b-5256123c4dd2@PU1APC01FT020.eop-APC01.prod.protection.outlook.com>

On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 09:33:46AM +0800, Jason Stevens wrote:
> Is it okay for me to ask a question about Linux that's from '91~'92?
> 
> Does anyone happen to have copies of H.J. Lu's Bootable Root and the 
> associated Linux Base System disk images from the early '90s?
> 
> I've managed to find a copy of 0.98.pl5-31 bootable root disk.  But I 
> can't find any base disks to go along with it.
> 
> The files used to be on tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/GCC in rootdisk and 
> basedisk subdirectories.
> 
> Unfortunately all of the mirrors I'm finding of tsx-11 are newer, have 
> the basedisk directories, but no image files there in.
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Grant. . . .
> unix || die
> 

I do have the boot/roots for kernel 0.99 pl 7 from my Yggdrasil disks of
July/August 1995 which I believe are also on archive.org. I used to have disks
from 1994 but they've been lost in time and I only have stuff from 94-97 now,
some of which are on archive.org already. Hope that helps.


-- 
I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise as they fly by.

  reply	other threads:[~2021-05-21  9:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 45+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-07-16  4:17 Grant Taylor via TUHS
2020-07-17  1:40 ` John Gilmore
2020-07-17  1:59   ` Larry McVoy
2020-07-17  3:35     ` Larry McVoy
2020-07-17  5:18       ` Random832
2020-07-17 13:12         ` Ron Pool
2020-07-17 23:50         ` Grant Taylor via TUHS
2020-07-21  4:15           ` tytso
2020-07-21 17:49             ` Grant Taylor via TUHS
2020-07-17  5:23       ` Petr Titěra
2020-07-17  5:41         ` Grant Taylor via TUHS
2020-07-17  6:04           ` Petr Titěra
2020-07-17 15:12             ` Grant Taylor via TUHS
2020-07-17 17:19               ` Larry McVoy
2020-07-17 17:42                 ` [TUHS] Linux on TUHS [was: H.J. Lu Bootable Root & Base System disks] salewski
2020-07-17 17:47                   ` Sergio Pedraja
2020-07-17 17:26               ` [TUHS] H.J. Lu Bootable Root & Base System disks Warner Losh
2020-07-17 17:50                 ` Adam Thornton
2020-07-17 20:16                 ` Petr Titěra
2020-07-17 21:48                 ` A. P. Garcia
2020-07-17 19:46               ` Harald Arnesen
2020-07-17  5:24       ` Adam Thornton
2020-07-17  5:30 ` Grant Taylor via TUHS
2020-07-17 20:37   ` Petr Titěra
2020-07-17 18:16 ` Grant Taylor via TUHS
2021-05-18  1:33 ` Jason Stevens
2021-05-21  9:46   ` Sean Dwyer via TUHS [this message]
2021-05-26  1:12     ` Jason Stevens
2021-05-26  1:34       ` Gregg Levine
2021-05-26  2:53         ` Jason Stevens
2021-05-26  6:06       ` Lars Brinkhoff
2021-05-26  7:03         ` Jason Stevens
2021-05-26  7:37           ` Lars Brinkhoff
2021-05-26  7:45             ` Jason Stevens
2021-05-26  7:51               ` arnold
2021-05-26  7:56               ` Lars Brinkhoff
2021-05-26 14:58                 ` Clem Cole
2021-05-26 18:12                   ` Jason Stevens
2021-05-26 23:29                     ` Chris Torek
2021-05-26 14:06               ` Al Kossow
2021-05-26 14:25                 ` Larry McVoy
2021-05-26 14:57               ` Clem Cole
2020-07-17 18:08 Norman Wilson
2020-07-17 18:14 ` John Cowan
2020-07-17 18:19 ` Larry McVoy

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