This directory contains MINIX version 2.0.0 for the PC in the following files: i386\ROOT - Minix boot & root floppy image (386 and better) i386\USR - Floppy image with programs needed for installation i386\USR.TAZ - All Minix programs, libraries, etc. SYS.TAZ - System sources and manual pages CMD.TAZ - Commands sources INSTALL.TXT - Installation guide (ASCII text) INSTALL.PS - Installation guide (PostScript) MANUALS - Minix manual pages EXAMPLE.TXT - Example screen images of an installation NETINSTL.TXT - Notes about installing networking XT640K.TXT - Notes about running MINIX on older machines The installation guide can be found in INSTALL.TXT (ASCII text), or INSTALL.PS (PostScript format). It describes the Minix installation procedure from floppies. Additional manuals are present in the MANUALS directory. If INSTALL.TXT refers to another manual page, boot(8) for instance, then MANUALS\CAT8\BOOT.8 contains boot(8) as ASCII text, MANUALS\PS8\BOOT.8 is in PostScript, and MANUALS\MAN8\BOOT.8 is the original unformatted text (UNIX nroff). All these manual pages can be viewed online under Minix with the man(1) command after installing the SYS.TAZ set. Try 'man man' or 'man 8 boot'. The EXAMPLE.TXT file may be nice to read to see how Minix is installed. But before attempting to install you will have to put Minix on floppies. For a 386, 486, or Pentium using 1.44 MB floppies on drive A: you must make four sets of floppies. Type each of these commands in turn to make them. You will be prompted to insert floppies. You do not have to install SYS.TAZ and CMD.TAZ initially, but life is much simpler if you have 9 floppies and make each set right now. Be sure to label each floppy with the file name and volume number. fdvol 1440 A: i386\ROOT i386\USR - Combined ROOT+USR floppy fdvol 1440 A: i386\USR.TAZ - Base system on 3 floppies fdvol 1440 A: SYS.TAZ - System sources on 2 floppies fdvol 1440 A: CMD.TAZ - Commands sources on 3 floppies Use 1200 to specify 1.2M floppies. Likewise for 720k floppies, except that you have to put ROOT and USR installation images on two separate floppies: fdvol 720 A: i386\ROOT - Separate ROOT and USR fdvol 720 A: i386\USR fdvol 720 A: i386\USR.TAZ fdvol 720 A: SYS.TAZ fdvol 720 A: CMD.TAZ The i86 directory contains the installation and base system material to install the 16-bit version of Minix for old XTs and 286 based ATs. If the intended machine has little memory or a 360k drive then read XT\README.TXT and use the installation floppy images in the XT directory instead of the regular ROOT and USR. After you have installed MINIX, you may wish to install some of the other files on the CD ROM. The SMX and BOCHS programs are simulators that sun on UNIX workstations, so you must transfer them there using a modem and unpack and use them there. The other .TAZ files should be copied to floppies using fdvol. To reconstruct a .TAZ file on a sequence of 1.44 MB floppies via drive A:, boot MINIX, log in, and type: setup dir Where 'dir' is the directory where a package is to be installed. Use 'install -d dir' to create the directory if it doesn't yet exist. The README.TXT files for each package hold more detailed information. In summary: 1. You should now have a BOOT floppy (or ROOT + USR floppies). 2. A set of floppies for USR.TAZ, SYS.TAZ, and CMD.TAZ. 3. A free hard disk partition, or at least enough space not in any partition that you can create a new partition in this space. 4. Now read INSTALL.TXT and follow it carefully.