This directory and subdirectories contain MINIX, a small UNIX-like system for IBM PC's and compatibles. The prime objective of Minix is education. Major parts of it can be studied and understood by one person in a limited amount of time. Minix is a redesign, using a modern microkernelish setup. Read the Minix Info Sheet (http://www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/minix.html) for more information. Read it first if you have a Web browser.
Minix is open source, see the Minix license-to-use in the file LICENSE. (Translation to normal language: Redistribution allowed. Keep the Copyright notice. Don't hide the Copyright notice. Don't say we endorse what you do with it. Don't blame us if it blows up in your face.)
The Minix license changed in April 2000, and applies retroactively to all previous Minix distributions, even though they still carry the old, more restrictive license within.
You can find the following directories in this tree:
CD-ROM-2.0/ - Minix 2.0 CD-ROM
2.0.0/ - Minix 2.0.0 (same as CD-ROM-2.0/MINIX/, but
with README's adapted to FTP and WWW users)
2.0.2/ - Minix 2.0.2 interim release
2.0.3/ - Minix 2.0.3 interim release
2.0.4/ - Minix 2.0.4 mid development expert-only snapshot
dosutil/ - Useful MS-DOS utilities for Minix installation
contrib/ - Third party software not on the CD
sparc/ - Solaris Minix-2.0 (same as CD-ROM-2.0/SMX/)
amiga/ - Minix 1.5 disk images for the Amiga
atari/ - Minix 1.5 disk images for the Atari
macintosh/ - Minix 1.5 for the Apple Macintosh
old/ - Old and probably obsolete Minix stuff
Files with suffix .Z are compressed, files with suffix .tar are archives
of files, files with suffix .TAZ are compressed archives. Use one of
uncompress file.Z
tar xvf file.tar
zcat file.TAZ | tar xvfp -
to uncompress or unpack compressed files, archives, and compressed archives.
Our FTP server allows you to transfer entire directory trees in a single
command if you reference the directory with .tar attached to its name.
So you could get 2.0.0.tar in one blow if you want to, but note that you
probably do not want everything in a given directory. Inspect the contents
of a directory first.
Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)
Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)