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Minix/old/1.1/Floppies/Readme

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+This directory contains images of the 360K PC floppies which hold Minix 1.1.
+These are the ACTUAL Minix 1.1 distribution disks. The first disk has the
+following notice:
+
+	MINIX BINARIES AND SOURCES FOR 640K IBM PC'S
+	by Andrew S. Tanenbaum
+	(c) 1987 Prentice-Hall, Inc.
+	ISBN: 0-13-583873-8
+
+	This software works best on an IBM PC with a 640K of RAM.
+
+	The user's manual for this software is contained in Appendix C of
+	OPERATING SYSTEMS: Design and Implementation by Andrew S. Tanenbaum
+	(ISBN: 0-13-637406-9).
+
+	Copies of the text can be ordered from Prentice-Hall, Inc.
+	Comments about the software can be sent to Andrew S. Tanenbaum
+	via USENET. His network address is: minix@cs.vu.nl
+
+The disks are labelled as follows:
+
+Disk 1: Boot Disk
+Disk 2: Root File System
+Disk 3: /usr
+Disk 4: /user
+Disk 5: Kernel, H and Include Sources
+Disk 6: FS and Lib Sources
+Disk 7: MM and Tools Sources
+Disk 8: Commands Sources

Minix/old/1.2/Floppies/Readme

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+This directory contains images of the 360K PC floppies which hold Minix 1.2.
+These are archive disks created by Warren Toomey, by hand-patching Minix 1.1
+with the USENET diffs for 1.2 posted by Andy Tanenbaum. As such, this is not
+an official version of Minix 1.2 from Prentice-Hall. However, it is still
+covered by the following copyright notice:
+
+	MINIX BINARIES AND SOURCES FOR 640K IBM PC'S
+	by Andrew S. Tanenbaum
+	(c) 1988 Prentice-Hall, Inc.
+
+The disks are labelled as follows:
+
+Disk 01: /usr/bin
+Disk 02: /usr/bin, /usr/src/commands
+Disk 03: /usr/src/commands, /usr/src/lib
+Disk 04: /usr/src/fs, /usr/src/h, /usr/include
+Disk 05: /usr/src/kernel
+Disk 06: /usr/src/mm, /usr/lib
+Disk 07: /usr/src/tools
+Disk 08: Recompiled Boot Disk (includes ST328R driver)
+Disk 09: Root File Structure (mounts /dev/fd0)
+Disk 10: /user/test

Minix/old/1.3/Floppies/Readme

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+This directory contains images of the 360K PC floppies which hold Minix 1.3.
+These are archive disks created by Warren Toomey, by hand-patching Minix 1.2
+with the USENET diffs for 1.3 posted by Andy Tanenbaum. As such, this is not
+an official version of Minix 1.2 from Prentice-Hall. However, it is still
+covered by the following copyright notice:
+
+	MINIX BINARIES AND SOURCES FOR 640K IBM PC'S
+	by Andrew S. Tanenbaum
+	(c) 1989 Prentice-Hall, Inc.
+
+All disks are labelled `Minix 1.3c Backup, 6th December 1988'.
+The disks are labelled as follows:
+
+Disk 01: Boot Disk (ST238R Driver)
+Disk 02: Root File Structure
+Disk 03: /usr/bin/[a-f]
+Disk 04: /usr/bin/[g-t]
+Disk 05: /usr/bin/[t-z]
+Disk 06: /usr/minix/commands/bin/[a-t]
+Disk 07: /usr/minix/commands/bin/[t-z], dis88, make, mined, /usr/doc
+Disk 08: fs, kernel
+Disk 09: /usr/tools, /usr/include, mm
+Disk 10: /usr/minix/lib, /usr/test
+Disk 11: /usr/lib, 6th August 1989
+Disk 12: /usr/local/bin, 6th August 1989
+
+Note: The image for disk 5 has a bad 512-byte block at offset 311808, which
+has been replaced with an all-zero block. I haven't booted Minix to find
+out which file is affected.

Minix/old/1.5/README.txt

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+
+<EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>Prentice Hall <20><>AST<53><54><EFBFBD>ĵ<EFBFBD>һ<EFBFBD>淢<EFBFBD><E6B7A2><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>MINIX-1.5.10
+
+<EFBFBD>ڰ<EFBFBD>װʱ<EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>ʹ<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>univ_boot.01<EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>⣬<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>ʹ<EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>е<EFBFBD>AT<EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>ԡ<EFBFBD>(<28><>02)
+
+ע<EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>ļ<EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>Ŀ¼<EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>1.5.tgz
+
+
+Good Luck!
+
+2003.10.30
+
+gohigh@sh163.net
+gohigh@hotmail.com

Minix/old/1.6.25/Install

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+# This shell script installs a new version of MINIX (e.g., 1.6.2x).
+# To use it, first copy the original 1.5 distribution to a scratch
+# directory, say, /usr/src/1.5.  Copy all the update files (*.s*) to $old,  
+# along with libc.a (the old library).  The cd to that directory.
+# To perform the update, type either
+#
+#	Install kr		# if using the old K&R compiler
+# or
+#	Install ansi		# if using an ANSI compiler
+
+# Definitions
+nl="posix other string curses end" 	# libs that will be totally replaced
+nc="aal advent bc elle elvis ic mined scripts"	# cmds that will be replaced
+
+case $1 in
+kr)	;;
+ansi)	;;
+*)	echo Usage: Install ansi "    or   "  Install kr
+	exit
+esac
+
+echo "Be sure that you have the 1993 version of unshar and a version of patch"
+echo "with at least 50K stack.  If you haven't checked, hit DEL immediately."
+sleep 5
+echo Begin installation
+
+top=`pwd`
+
+# Check if the original directories and files exist
+echo Checking if all V1.5 directories exist
+f=0
+if test ! -d kernel; then echo $top/kernel directory missing; f=1; fi
+if test ! -d fs; then echo $top/fs directory missing; f=1; fi
+if test ! -d mm; then echo $top/mm directory missing; fi
+if test ! -d tools; then echo $top/tools directory missing; fi
+if test ! -d test; then echo $top/test directory missing; fi
+if test ! -d lib; then echo $top/lib directory missing; fi
+if test ! -d lib/ansi; then echo $top/lib/ansi directory missing; fi
+if test ! -d lib/posix; then echo $top/lib/posix directory missing; fi
+if test ! -d lib/other; then echo $top/lib/other directory missing; fi
+if test ! -d lib/string; then echo $top/lib/string directory missing; fi
+if test ! -d lib/ibm; then echo $top/lib/ibm directory missing; fi
+if test -d command; then mv command commands; fi
+if test ! -d commands; then echo $top/commands directory missing; fi
+if test $f = 1; then exit; fi
+
+# Check if the update files are present
+echo Checking if all update files exist
+f=0
+if test ! -f advent.sh; then echo advent.sh missing; f=1; fi
+if test ! -f ansi.sh; then echo ansi.sh missing; f=1; fi
+if test ! -f bawk.sh; then echo bawk.sh missing; f=1; fi
+if test ! -f bc.sh; then echo bc.sh missing; f=1; fi
+if test ! -f curses.sh; then echo curses.sh missing; f=1; fi
+if test ! -f de.sh; then echo de.sh missing; f=1; fi
+if test ! -f dis88.sh; then echo dis88.sh missing; f=1; fi
+if test ! -f elle.sh; then echo elle.sh missing; f=1; fi
+if test ! -f elvis.sh; then echo elvis.sh missing; f=1; fi
+if test ! -f end.sh; then echo end.sh missing; f=1; fi
+if test ! -f fs.sh; then echo fs.sh missing; f=1; fi
+if test ! -f ibm.kr.sh; then echo ibm.kr.sh missing; f=1; fi
+if test ! -f ibm.ansi.sh; then echo ibm.ansi.sh missing; f=1; fi
+if test ! -f ibm.sh; then echo ibm.sh missing; f=1; fi
+if test ! -f ic.sh; then echo ic.sh missing; f=1; fi
+if test ! -f include.sh; then echo include.sh missing; f=1; fi
+if test ! -f indent.sh; then echo indent.sh missing; f=1; fi
+if test ! -f kermit.sh; then echo kermit.sh missing; f=1; fi
+if test ! -f kernel.sh; then echo kernel.sh missing; f=1; fi
+if test ! -f lib.sh; then echo lib.sh missing; f=1; fi
+if test ! -f m4.sh; then echo m4.sh missing; f=1; fi
+if test ! -f make.sh; then echo make.sh missing; f=1; fi
+if test ! -f mined.sh; then echo mined.sh missing; f=1; fi
+if test ! -f minix.sh; then echo minix.sh missing; f=1; fi
+if test ! -f mm.sh; then echo mm.sh missing; f=1; fi
+if test ! -f nroff.sh; then echo nroff.sh missing; f=1; fi
+if test ! -f other.sh; then echo other.sh missing; f=1; fi
+if test ! -f patch.sh; then echo patch.sh missing; f=1; fi
+if test ! -f posix.sh; then echo posix.sh missing; f=1; fi
+if test ! -f scripts.sh; then echo scripts.sh missing; f=1; fi
+if test ! -f sh.sh; then echo sh.sh missing; f=1; fi
+if test ! -f simple.sh; then echo simple.sh missing; f=1; fi
+if test ! -f stdio.sh; then echo stdio.sh missing; f=1; fi
+if test ! -f string.sh; then echo string.sh missing; f=1; fi
+if test ! -f sys.sh; then echo sys.sh missing; f=1; fi
+if test ! -f syscall.ansi.s*; then echo syscall.ansi.s* missing; f=1; fi
+if test ! -f syscall.kr.sh; then echo syscall.kr.sh missing; f=1; fi
+if test ! -f test.sh; then echo test.sh missing; f=1; fi
+if test ! -f tools.sh; then echo tools.sh missing; f=1; fi
+if test ! -f zmodem.sh; then echo zmodem.sh missing; f=1; fi
+if test $f = 1; then exit; fi
+
+# Make new directories needed
+rm -rf lib/syscall* lib/ibm* lib/end
+mkdir lib/stdio lib/syscall.ansi lib/syscall.kr lib/syscall
+mkdir lib/ibm.ansi lib/ibm.kr lib/ibm lib/end lib/curses
+mkdir commands/simple commands/scripts
+mkdir commands/aal commands/advent commands/bc commands/elle >/dev/null 2>&1
+
+# Some directories will be replaced entirely.  Remove the old files from them.
+for i in $nl; do rm -f lib/$i/*; done
+for i in $nc; do rm -f commands/$i/*; done
+
+# Move the update files into position
+for i in include kernel mm fs tools test; do mv $i.sh $i; done
+for i in minix sys; do mv $i.sh include/$i; done
+mv lib.sh lib/lib.sh
+for i in posix ansi other stdio string syscall.kr end ibm.ansi ibm.kr curses
+do mv $i.sh lib/$i
+done
+mv syscall.ansi.s* lib/syscall.ansi
+mv ibm.sh commands/ibm/ibm.sh
+for i in aal advent bawk bc de dis88 elle elvis ic indent kermit m4 \
+				make mined nroff patch scripts simple sh zmodem
+do if test ! -d commands/$i; then mkdir commands/$i; fi
+   mv $i.sh commands/$i
+done
+
+# Everything is present. Unpack the shar files
+echo Begin unpacking files
+for i in include kernel fs mm tools test
+do cd $i; 
+   unshar $i.sh >log;  unshar $i.cd >>log
+   for j in *.d; do patch <$j  >>log 2>&1; done
+   rm -f *~ *.orig *.cd *.d *.sh
+   cd ..
+done
+
+for i in minix sys
+do cd include/$i
+   unshar $i.sh >log;  unshar $i.cd >>log
+   for j in *.d; do patch <$j  >>log 2>&1; done
+   rm -f *~ *.orig *.cd *.d *.sh
+   cd ../..
+done
+echo Operating System unpacked
+
+cd lib; unshar lib.sh >>log; cd ..
+for i in posix ansi other stdio string syscall.ansi syscall.kr end \
+            ibm.ansi ibm.kr curses
+do cd lib/$i
+   unshar $i.sh >log
+   if test -f $i.cd
+      then unshar $i.cd >>log
+	   for j in *.d; do patch <$j >>log 2>&1; done
+   fi
+   rm -f *~ *.orig *.cd *.d *.sh
+   cd ../..
+done
+echo Libraries unpacked
+
+cd commands
+mv *.c simple
+for i in aal advent bawk bc de dis88 elle elvis ibm ic indent kermit m4 \
+				make mined nroff patch scripts simple sh zmodem
+do cd $i
+   unshar $i.sh >log
+   if test -f $i.cd
+      then unshar $i.cd >>log
+           for j in *.d
+	   do ls -l $j >>log  
+	      patch `basename $j .d` $j >>log 2>&1
+	      echo $j finished >>log
+	   done
+   fi
+   rm -f *~ *.orig *.cd *.d $i.sh
+   cd ..
+done
+
+echo Commands unpacked
+
+# Remove other files that are no longer needed
+rm -rf *.sh ibm/term.c Makefile ibm/Makefile simple/chgrp.c simple/cpdir.c
+find . -name Makefile.68K -exec rm {} \;
+cd $top/lib/posix
+rm -rf [a-z]*
+cd $top
+rm include/amoeba.h include/amparam.h include/host_os.h fs/putc.c mm/putc.c
+rm kernel/cstart.c kernel/protect1.c kernel/wini.c kernel/klib88.x 
+rm kernel/mpx88.x kernel/start.x tools/menu* tools/build.c tools/bootblok*
+rm test/test0.c
+
+# Fix up ANSI vs. K&R stuff
+case $1 in
+kr)
+	echo "Unpacking complete.  Now install files for K&R compiler"
+	suffix=a
+	archiver=ar
+	cp include/ctype.h.kr include/ctype.h
+	cp include/setjmp.h.kr include/setjmp.h
+	cp include/stdio.h.kr include/stdio.h
+	cp fs/Makefile.kr   fs/Makefile
+	cp mm/Makefile.kr   mm/Makefile
+	cp kernel/Makefile.kr kernel/Makefile
+	cp tools/bootblk.s.kr tools/bootblk.s
+	cp tools/monhead.s.kr tools/monhead.s
+	cp tools/Makefile.kr  tools/Makefile
+	cp kernel/Makefile.kr kernel/Makefile
+	cp kernel/klib88.x.kr kernel/klib.x
+	cp kernel/mpx88.x.kr  kernel/mpx.x
+	cp kernel/rs2.x.kr   kernel/rs2.x
+	cp kernel/sconst.h.kr kernel/sconst.h
+	cp lib/Makefile.kr        lib/Makefile
+	cp lib/other/Makefile.kr  lib/other/Makefile
+	cp lib/posix/Makefile.kr  lib/posix/Makefile
+	cp lib/ansi/Makefile.kr  lib/ansi/Makefile
+	cp lib/curses/Makefile.kr  lib/curses/Makefile
+	cp lib/syscall.kr/*    lib/syscall
+	cp lib/ibm.kr/*        lib/ibm
+        ;;
+
+ansi)
+	echo Unpacking complete.  Now install files for ANSI compiler
+	suffix=o
+	archiver=aal
+	cp include/ctype.h.ansi include/ctype.h
+	cp include/setjmp.h.ansi include/setjmp.h
+	cp include/stdio.h.ansi include/stdio.h
+	cp fs/Makefile.ansi   fs/Makefile
+	cp mm/Makefile.ansi   mm/Makefile
+	cp kernel/Makefile.ansi kernel/Makefile
+	cp tools/bootblk.s.ansi tools/bootblk.s
+	cp tools/monhead.s.ansi tools/monhead.s
+	cp tools/Makefile.ansi  tools/Makefile
+	cp kernel/Makefile.ansi kernel/Makefile
+	cp kernel/klib88.x.ansi kernel/klib.x
+	cp kernel/mpx88.x.ansi  kernel/mpx.x
+	cp kernel/rs2.x.ansi   kernel/rs2.x
+	cp kernel/sconst.h.ansi kernel/sconst.h
+	cp lib/Makefile.ansi      lib/Makefile
+	cp lib/other/Makefile.ansi  lib/other/Makefile
+	cp lib/posix/Makefile.ansi  lib/posix/Makefile
+	cp lib/ansi/Makefile.ansi  lib/ansi/Makefile
+	cp lib/curses/Makefile.ansi  lib/curses/Makefile
+	cp lib/syscall.ansi/* lib/syscall
+	cp lib/ibm.ansi/* lib/ibm
+	;;
+
+esac
+
+echo Installation completed.

Minix/old/1.6.25/READ_ME

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+Here is MINIX 1.6.25 at last.  Below are the crcs of the files you need to
+install it.  Installation requires a proper 1.5 distribution.  I have not made
+one relative to the various 1.6.x distributions, since not everyone has all
+of them.  If someone else wants to prepare such a thing, fine.
+
+I have provided the full libc.a library to use with 1.6.25 for K&R compilers.
+There was trouble in the past.  By supplying the whole library, those problems
+should at least become less.
+
+Be sure you are using the most recent unshar.c (included in this distribution),
+and be sure your patch has been chmem'ed to 60K.
+
+To do the installation, create a scratch directory containing all the 1.5
+subdirectories (kernel, fs, mm, include, and so on).  After uudecoding and
+decompressing these files, put the results in the top-level directory, along
+with kernel, fs, mm, etc.  Then type:
+    Install ansi
+or
+    Install kr
+depending on whether you are using the new ACK ansi compiler or ACK K&R c
+compiler.  I have not tested this with other compilers, but I think any ANSI
+compiler should work with the first command.
+
+Andy Tanenbaum
+
+------------------------------ crcs of 1.6.25 distribution -------------------
+32816 316109 Man_Pages.sh
+18779   8958 Install
+24121  43212 aal.sh
+43659 139021 advent.sh
+15526   1315 ansi.sh
+34031   9100 bawk.sh
+15386 310866 bc.sh
+64417  72953 curses.sh
+33203  60167 de.sh
+37441  18694 dis88.sh
+28102 547338 elle.sh
+30582 638262 elvis.sh
+24466   1025 end.sh
+03100 313729 fs.sh
+51470   9223 ibm.ansi.sh
+38145   8486 ibm.kr.sh
+14011 158895 ibm.sh
+59287  33258 ic.sh
+60910 129834 include.sh
+15058  25037 indent.sh
+16339   6747 kermit.sh
+24502 581001 kernel.sh
+53097   2418 lib.sh
+59135 140666 libc.a
+11209  26898 m4.sh
+62189  23653 make.sh
+36433 121033 mined.sh
+32827  47314 minix.sh
+29263 138801 mm.sh
+42632 253389 nroff.sh
+06715 121838 other.sh
+42606  26430 patch.sh
+52530  41419 posix.sh
+61985   4579 scripts.sh
+07146  41192 sh.sh
+64394 1537560 simple.sh
+61054   1554 stdio.sh
+03179  24717 string.sh
+09494    895 sun.crc
+20781  21156 sys.sh
+45119  10487 syscall.ansi.sh
+15056   9131 syscall.kr.sh
+21618 510956 test.sh
+01735 165416 tools.sh
+50877   8264 unshar.c
+31422  43586 zmodem.sh
+48379  45434 1.6.25.crc

Minix/old/1.6.25/x

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+I posted all the diffs in one evening.  I am not sure how many made it out.
+Here is the list again.  I can repost those which got lost, if I can figure
+out which ones they are.  Could people please send me mail about what arrived
+and where?
+
+Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)
+
+32816 316109 Man_Pages.sh
+18779   8958 Install
+24121  43212 aal.sh
+43659 139021 advent.sh
+15526   1315 ansi.sh
+34031   9100 bawk.sh
+15386 310866 bc.sh
+64417  72953 curses.sh
+33203  60167 de.sh
+37441  18694 dis88.sh
+28102 547338 elle.sh
+30582 638262 elvis.sh
+24466   1025 end.sh
+03100 313729 fs.sh
+51470   9223 ibm.ansi.sh
+38145   8486 ibm.kr.sh
+14011 158895 ibm.sh
+59287  33258 ic.sh
+60910 129834 include.sh
+15058  25037 indent.sh
+16339   6747 kermit.sh
+24502 581001 kernel.sh
+53097   2418 lib.sh
+59135 140666 libc.a
+11209  26898 m4.sh
+62189  23653 make.sh
+36433 121033 mined.sh
+32827  47314 minix.sh
+29263 138801 mm.sh
+42632 253389 nroff.sh
+06715 121838 other.sh
+42606  26430 patch.sh
+52530  41419 posix.sh
+61985   4579 scripts.sh
+07146  41192 sh.sh
+64394 1537560 simple.sh
+61054   1554 stdio.sh
+03179  24717 string.sh
+09494    895 sun.crc
+20781  21156 sys.sh
+45119  10487 syscall.ansi.sh
+15056   9131 syscall.kr.sh
+21618 510956 test.sh
+01735 165416 tools.sh
+50877   8264 unshar.c
+31422  43586 zmodem.sh
+48379  45434 1.6.25.crc

Minix/old/1.7.0/README

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+This directory and subdirectories contains MINIX version 1.7.0, a small
+UNIX-like system for IBM PC's and compatibles.
+
+This version beta test software, as it contains a lot of new code that
+has only been run by a small number of people.  You have been warned.
+Please send any bug reports to the person named below.
+
+You can find the following files in this tree:
+
+  cat.tar.Z             - Manual pages in formatted form (avoid!)
+  crc.c                 - Command to make CRC checksums
+  crclist               - CRC's of all these files
+  i86/                  - /usr - 8086 binaries
+  i386/                 - /usr - 386 binaries
+  man.tar.Z             - Manual pages (use these if you can!)
+  src/                  - /usr/{include,src,man}
+
+  i86:
+  i386:
+  ROOT    USR           - Installation floppies images, 600 kb each
+  USR.01  USR.02        - /usr images made by this command:
+  USR.03  USR.04                tar cf - * | compress | vol 720 /dev/fd0
+  USR.05
+  TINYROOT              - Needed for an XT or an AT with little memory.  It
+                          is an extra, you need ROOT too.
+
+  src:
+  SRC.01  SRC.02        - /usr/include, /usr/src, /usr/man
+  SRC.03  SRC.04
+  SRC.05  SRC.06
+  SRC.07  SRC.08
+
+The installation manual can be found in the manual tree as usage.8.  On a
+UNIX machine you can unpack man.tar.Z and use the command
+
+        man -M minix-man-dir <subject>
+
+to read the manual pages.  Getting them printed is up to you.  If you
+can't format the manual pages in man.tar.Z then you can use cat.tar.Z
+instead.  It contains the same manual pages, but as flat text, with bold
+and italic codes removed.
+
+The installation floppies can be combined on a 1.2 Mb or 1.44 Mb
+diskette, the other images can be combined on 1.44 Mb floppies:
+
+        cat ROOT USR >/dev/fd0
+        cat USR.01 USR.02 >/dev/fd0             (odd, even pairs)
+        cat USR.03 USR.04 >/dev/fd0
+        ...
+        cat SRC.01 SRC.02 >/dev/fd0
+        ...
+
+(The USR.NN and SRC.NN series of images are simply two compressed tar
+files that have been broken up in 720 kb pieces.)
+"/dev/fd0" is a random floppy device name.  You have to find out what your
+Operating System names it today.
+
+Be careful when you install Minix, many of the commands are potentionally
+dangerous in a way that a simple typing mistake destroy all other data on
+your system.  So make backups first!
+
+                                                Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)
+

Minix/old/1.7.0/README.html

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+<title>Minix 1.7.0</title>
+<pre>
+This directory and subdirectories contains MINIX version 1.7.0, a small
+UNIX-like system for IBM PC's and compatibles.
+
+This version beta test software, as it contains a lot of new code that
+has only been run by a small number of people.  You have been warned.
+Please send any bug reports to the person named below.
+
+You can find the following files in this tree:
+
+  <a href="cat.tar.Z">cat.tar.Z</a>		- Manual pages in formatted form (avoid!)
+  <a href="crc.c">crc.c</a>			- Command to make CRC checksums
+  <a href="crclist">crclist</a>		- CRC's of all these files
+  <a href="i86">i86/</a>			- /usr - 8086 binaries
+  <a href="i386">i386/</a>			- /usr - 386 binaries
+  <a href="man.tar.Z">man.tar.Z</a>		- Manual pages (use these if you can!)
+  <a href="src">src/</a>			- /usr/{include,src,man}
+
+  <a href="i86">i86</a>:
+  <a href="i386">i386</a>:
+  ROOT    USR		- Installation floppies images, 600 kb each
+  USR.01  USR.02	- /usr images made by this command:
+  USR.03  USR.04		tar cf - * | compress | vol 720 /dev/fd0
+  USR.05
+  TINYROOT		- Needed for an XT or an AT with little memory.  It
+			  is an extra, you need ROOT too.
+
+  <a href="src">src</a>:
+  SRC.01  SRC.02	- /usr/include, /usr/src, /usr/man
+  SRC.03  SRC.04
+  SRC.05  SRC.06
+  SRC.07  SRC.08
+
+The installation manual can be found in the <a href="http://nano.am.cs.vu.nl/man/Minix/1.7.0/whatis.html">manual tree</a> as <a href="http://nano.am.cs.vu.nl/man/Minix/1.7.0/man8/usage.8.html">usage.8</a>.  On a
+UNIX machine you can unpack man.tar.Z and use the command
+
+	man -M minix-man-dir &lt;subject&gt
+
+to read the manual pages.  Getting them printed is up to you.  If you
+can't format the manual pages in man.tar.Z then you can use cat.tar.Z
+instead.  It contains the same manual pages, but as flat text, with bold
+and italic codes removed.
+
+The installation floppies can be combined on a 1.2 Mb or 1.44 Mb
+diskette, the other images can be combined on 1.44 Mb floppies:
+
+	cat ROOT USR >/dev/fd0
+	cat USR.01 USR.02 >/dev/fd0		(odd, even pairs)
+	cat USR.03 USR.04 >/dev/fd0
+	...
+	cat SRC.01 SRC.02 >/dev/fd0
+	...
+
+(The USR.NN and SRC.NN series of images are simply two compressed tar
+files that have been broken up in 720 kb pieces.)
+"/dev/fd0" is a random floppy device name.  You have to find out what your
+Operating System names it today.
+
+Be careful when you install Minix, many of the commands are potentionally
+dangerous in a way that a simple typing mistake destroy all other data on
+your system.  So make backups first!
+
+						Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)
+</pre>

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+Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
+Path: cs.vu.nl!ast
+From: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
+Subject: Free MINIX now available for beta testing
+Nntp-Posting-Host: fluit.cs.vu.nl
+Sender: news@cs.vu.nl
+Organization: Fac. Wiskunde & Informatica, VU, Amsterdam
+Date: Thu, 1 Jun 1995 20:49:10 GMT
+Message-ID: <D9IHty.J00.0.-s@cs.vu.nl>
+Summary: MINIX by FTP !
+Lines: 44
+
+
+Prentice-Hall and I have decided to change our policy concerning MINIX.
+Starting shortly, MINIX 1.7.0 will be distributed free by FTP for
+educational and research use.
+
+The differences between Minix 1.6.25 and 1.7.0 for the PC are:
+
+- A 386 version
+- ANSI C compiler included
+- Loadable keymaps (for national keyboards)
+- Online manual pages (many new ones, but not complete)
+- Numerous little fixes
+- TCP/IP drivers and utilities (not as complete as one may hope)
+- Interrupt code restructured (readable, configurable)
+- Rebooting commands and kernel support (allows safe shutdown)
+- Booting from hard disk is now normal, booting from floppy the exception
+- Restructured device drivers:
+  + Support for up to four subpartitions in a Minix primary disk partition
+  + Support for up to four logical partitions per DOS extended partition
+  + Floppy partitions
+  + AT disk driver knows about IDE and should support EIDE
+  + Adaptec 1542A disk and tape driver (SCSI)
+
+A beta test version is now available for FTPing on ftp.cs.vu.nl in directory
+pub/minix/beta.  See the README file there for further instructions.  We would
+like people who want to be beta testers to fetch MINIX and test it.  Please
+report bugs to Kees Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl).  Kees has done a huge amount of work
+preparing 1.7.0.  He and Philip Homburg have also produced a 32-bit virtual
+memory MINIX, which will be released to the net by FTP as soon as "classic"
+MINIX has been released and is stable.
+
+Manual page references you should read first: usage(8), boot(8), hier(7).
+Manual pages that document some of the differences with 1.6.25:
+boot(8), loadkeys(8), ip(4), hd(4), sd(4), fd(4), shutdown(8), usage(8).
+
+In addition, the MINIX book is being rewritten by myself and my co-author,
+Al Woodhull.  It will probably include all of MINIX on a CD-ROM in the
+back of the book.  We are hoping to finish it by Spring of 1996.
+
+I will be away at ICDCS-15 and various universities from 28 May until
+11 June.  I may read mail and news sporadically during that time, so it is
+better to send bug reports to Kees or post them to the newsgroup.
+
+Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)