Hi,

I moved from neo U9H to Shield a year ago and I was wondering if the minix can be re-purposed as a standalone linux server for exemple ?

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Thanks

Hey guys... I'm NOT an advanced Unix user, but I can get my way around a POSIX system... I'm still probably new in some of your eyes, tho. :P

First, I posted a new Minix 2.0.4 YT video - you might find it fun in 2024... here's a link: https://youtu.be/y3zlb7SrI0I?si=CslfRY4cfCKrF5mW

Anyway, I've got her installed on a 486 machine and now I want to compile some software!!!! I'd like to build some fun stuff; top, htop, cmatrix, nms - something fun.

My question is - I've having a hard time even mounting a floppy disk;

$ mount /dev/fd0 ./mnt/
mount: Can't mount /dev/fd0 on ./mnt/: Invalid argument

What invalid argument???? Anyway - anyone wanna chat me up and get me going on build out this system??? I installed the NET.TAZ stuff, so I wanna get networking going on this beast too - but I need a bit of help. :P

Yes, I RTFM!

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It seems minix3.org and its subdomains are back online!

In the Google Groups MINIX community, someone stated the mini3.org website was down. So there was this answer, from Dec. 24th.

I was informed there was a security issue and the site is being transferred. DNS updates are expected to take about a week.

Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year!

When I tried to access www.minix3.org, the web browser said it could not resolve the DNS. I tried setting my computer's DNS to Google's, Couldfare's and one IANA root. Not one worked.

When I tried looking it up on NsLookup.io, it answered me, apparently with Cloudfare's DNS. The IP (66.147.238.215) worked for the homepage.

What happened? Did Tanenbaum forget to pay rent?

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Anyone here knows about a succesor, fork, or something similar or based on the Minix Microkernel? I can't find anything on Github nor Google... Maybe someone here knows.

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Run GNU Emacs as a standalone LISP interpreter on Minix

Details: https://lifeofpenguin.blogspot.com/2023/03/gnu-emacs-as-lisp-interpreter.html

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Cross-compiled C++ program running on Minix https://lifeofpenguin.blogspot.com/2023/02/towards-gnuminix-libstdc.html

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https://lifeofpenguin.blogspot.com/2023/02/micro-emacs-on-gnuminix.html

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In this post, we will look at populating Minix filesystem with some files of our own (specifically the welcome message) using GNU tools. https://lifeofpenguin.blogspot.com/2023/02/towards-gnuminix-filesystem.html

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Cross-compiled executable running on Minix

Details: https://lifeofpenguin.blogspot.com/2023/01/towards-gnuminix-hello-world.html

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Repackaged MINIX 3.3 kernel to boot with GRUB 2.06

Demo: https://youtu.be/c2v5vwBYS1o

Details: https://lifeofpenguin.blogspot.com/2023/01/towards-gnuminix.html

Let's look back at some memorable moments and interesting insights from last year.

Your top 8 posts:

• "What are the prerequisites of studying the MINIX 3 book?" by u/mondalex
• "Has not Intel violated copyright law via their IME and Minix?" by u/ronarprfct
• "Happy Cakeday, r/minix! Today you're 10" by u/AutoModerator
• "Are Professor Tanenbaum's lectures on OS dev available online?" by u/xstkovrflw
• "My introduction to Minix" by u/cfx_4188
• "After “1 module failed to load”, MINIX is just sitting there. Is it still booting?" by u/TheNextJohnCarmack
• "looking for help with uni project." by u/80Bibo
• "Certificates and TLS libraries in minix must be outdated" by u/m971668

I tried to install Minix on this setup (screen 10.1'' (1024x600), matte / Intel Atom N435 (1.33GHz) / RAM 1GB / HDD 320GB / Intel GMA 3150 / no MF / LAN / WiFi / webcam). The site has a warning "does not support booting from usb flash drives", but the system image can be downloaded compressed and only via torrent. Ok, I downloaded it, drank the DVD and started to install the system. Immediately after loading miniroot panic. "No suitable device for installation". On the third try I got to the wlan0 setting. 21st century, third decade, I remember the frequencies of WiFi in my country and I was looking for the UID of my network somewhere in the box under the router. Then the installer didn't want to accept that my WiFi was password protected for a long time and stubbornly tried to connect. Next, "do you want to get a DHCP response automatically?" "Yes!!!!." The next thing was some kind of panic module, I got bored and that was the end of my Minix acquaintance. Tomorrow, maybe I'll try again.

It seems to me that Intel, by not giving notice of the use of Minix source code and its presence on the chipset of computers with the management engine, has violated copyright law. I would like to see them held to account on it. There was no reason for consumer computers--most never destined to see business or server use--to have remote management capability and this backdoor installed.

Does one need to be proficient in C or Computer Organization and Architecture?

It shows all the mods loading, but after the 11th loading prompt it says it couldn’t load one. It also says before the modloading section that it couldn’t open cd9660? I’m not sure what that’s about.

I am working on minix 3 for a uni project and there is a requirement that i dont really know how to work on. any help would be really appreciated.

In this requirement, you need to implement hirarchical paging in MINIX 3, with all the needed parameters (page size, number of levels, address format … etc.) are user-defined via a configuration file. Additionally, FIFO and LRU page replacement algorithms should be implemented (configuration parameters of these algorithms should be stored in configuration file too). The performance parameters (e.g., number of page faults, number of empty frames … etc.) of the hirarchical paging as well as the replacement algorithms should be collected as the the size of the pages and the number of levels are changed, with a complete analysis should be provided in the report in addition to the collected results.

Let's look back at some memorable moments and interesting insights from last year.

Your top 6 posts:

• "Is Minix dead?" by u/tealeg
• "Mirror of Minix packages - either online or offline?" by u/koppe74
• "Happy Cakeday, r/minix! Today you're 9" by u/AutoModerator
• "Are Professor Tanenbaum's lectures on OS dev available online?" by u/xstkovrflw
• "Newbie question on reincarnation server" by u/Derpythecate
• "Minix on Proxmox VE?" by u/MauriceNimma

Hello everyone, apologies if this feels like a "spoonfeed me" question.

I tried to find video lectures by Professor Tanenbaum, but most of what I found has been about demonstrating Minix.

Are there any video form recordings for his regular university courses on OS dev?

Many big universities tend to record their courses, so I was wondering if his were available.

Does anyone have experience with installing Minix R3.3.0 on PVE?
Is there a guide document available somewhere?

Currently (Sept. 10th 2021) the site minix3.org has been down for almost 24 hours, and with it, both the binary and source repository (I think the source-repository is mirrored on GitHub). I hope the site will be back up soon, but in any case, I was wondering if there 1) are any mirrors of the package-repositories (especially the binary) anywhere else, or if 2) anybody have downloaded the complete repository/repositories. I'm also interested in the repositories for the latest release-candidate for the next version.

Since the reincarnation server is the parent of all drivers and servers, what happens if it itself crashes? While disk drivers can be shadowed from RAM, the same cannot be done if the reincarnation server itself dies.

Genuine question - i've seen nothing in a long time. The website had one Wiki update in the last two years and no new content in 5 years.

Let's look back at some memorable moments and interesting insights from last year.

Your top 6 posts:

• "Is it realistic too run minix as a daily driver?" by u/thegrandnil
• "Advice for installing/running Minix 1.1 in a vm?" by u/SleepySleeperCell
• "Can't get Minix to build due to odd error" by u/pm_burritos
• "Tracking process in MINIX" by u/pmotita
• "How to customize proc.c in minix for implementing SJF algorithm?" by u/dm_EricGomes
• "/usr/src not there" by u/thesafewasempty

Title says it all, Is it possible too run minix as a daily work driver for software development, web chat apps, and browsing the internet?