minix man page for mkdist

MKDIST(8)						      System Manager's Manual							 MKDIST(8)

NAME
       mkdist - make a Minix distribution

SYNOPSIS
       mkdist

DESCRIPTION
       Mkdist  makes  a  Minix	distribution  on floppies.  Run the command as root and follow the instructions.  It will make one or two bootable
       installation floppies and a compressed tar file of /usr on several floppies using vol(1).

       The result can be installed on another system as described in usage(8), except that all of /usr is saved on one set of floppies instead	of
       being nicely split in binary and source packages.

SEE ALSO
       tar(1), compress(1), vol(1), usage(8).

NOTES
       Also very useful for making backups.

AUTHOR
       Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)

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