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