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From: jmonroy@netcom.com (Jesus Monroy Jr)
Subject: Re: old 386bsd distribution
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M.C. Wong (wongm@latcs1.lat.oz.au) wrote:
: Hi,
:   I need to extract the old source distribution set without doing an 
: installtion. I wonder does anyone know the command for extracting from
: those distribution files ? What format are those files used to be ?
:  
:   Thanks in advance, and email replies please
:
	The format was reported to be in "cpio"... 
	details for extracting are in the "RELEASE.DOC" (I beleive),
	which should be in your root directory.

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Jesus Monroy Jr                                          jmonroy@netcom.com
Zebra Research
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