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MINIX is a microkernel based UNIX like operating system developed by Tanenbaum starting 1987. Use this tag for the original MINIX and seldom used MINIX 2, for MINIX 3 (which almost only shares the name with the original project) use [minix3]

MINIX was developed by Andrew S. Tanenbaum while working at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam (NL). The system is described in the study book "Operating Systems: Design and Implementation" published by Prentice Hall ( ISBN: 0136373313) in the 1987 edition.

Minix3, developed starting 2006 shares little more than the name with the original MINIX project and has a different set of goals.

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Is the "page-to-disk" feature Linus talks about in his autobiography essentially the concept of swapping we use today?

In his autobiography, Just for Fun, Linus mentions the "page-to-disk" feature that was pivotal in making Linux a worthy competitor to Minix and other UNIX clones of the day: I remember that, in December, there was this guy in Germany who only had 2…
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What does `minix/config.h` do?

Many times when I run configure, I get this message: checking minix/config.h usability... no checking minix/config.h presence... no checking for minix/config.h... no configure runs without errors or warnings, but getting a message every time and…
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Why does the MINIX installation ask how big /home should be?

While installing MINIX is was asked how big do want /home to be. --- Step 5: Select the size of /home --------------- MINIX will take up 611 MB, without /home. How big do you want your /home to be in MB (0-1435) ? [287] After pressing enter 287…
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Is there any utility that can drop me into a Intel ME Minix shell?

I see a lot of talk about Intel -3 ring mode running Minix. Is there any easy C program I can compile, or utility I can run that will drop me into a -3 ring mode Minix shell?
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Emacs on Minix 3?

Has anybody managed to install Emacs on Minix 3? Emacs was available on earlier versions of Minix. I am OK with an earlier version of Emacs if necessary. I don't find Zile, mg or Elle adequate and would prefer the full version of Emacs, even if it…
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System time in Minix with best precision

I'm working on a project to modify the scheduler in MINIX 3. So to test it I need to analyse the wait time and turnaround time. To calculate the wait time I'm storing the system time when the process becomes ready initially (t1) and when the process…
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Minix: Kernel Panic when booting from the Live CD

I followed the instructions in the Minix wiki on how to set up Minix in VirtualBox, but right after hitting enter on the boot screen, I get a kernel panic: *** kernel messages: ested 0 ... kernel panic: cause_sig: sig manager 2 gets lethal signal 11…
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cp file device:directory on Minix

In my operating systems class we had to modify the boot screen of the Minix OS. I understood just about everything we did, but at the end of the make for compiling the new OS, there's a line: cp image /dev/c0d0p0:/minix/2.0.4r2 I don't understand…
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Man pages: When to put a new system call in section 2 and when in section 3?

For an exercise at the university, we are asked to extend Minix (v2) with a system call utctime that properly calculates the leap seconds (which Minix' implementation of time does not do). We've created a new system call, and created a new library…
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How can I compile minix when I make changes in libraries

I am looking for a way to compile minix. The make hdboot command seems to do nothing with the directories under /usr/src/lib. I changed only one .c file in syslib. Do I have to do make world for this ?
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Installing MINIX3 on vmware

I'm trying to install MINIX 3 (3.1.0 to be precise). The VMWare installation I have failed to recognize MINIX. I followed the steps shown here: http://wiki.minix3.org/UsersGuide/RunningOnVmware. How do I go about installing this now?
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Does anyone still use MINIX?

I was just curious if anyone still use MINIX and for what purposes. I found this article but it doesn't go in detail about who uses it and for what. Thanks
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Minix installation ERROR ٍ"Active partition"

I downloaded Minix 3 from here and wrote it on a USB flash drive using Rufus (in Windows os). When it boots it says : ->NETBSD MBR boot ->Errror No active partition I searched for "active partition" in google and found 2 ways to solve this problem…
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Accented characters appearing in rxvt

I have a quite specific question which I've spent hours trying to solve, but have finally decided it is time to ask for help. I'm currently doing some work which requires me to ssh from a debian machine into a ubuntu box and run a qemu instance…
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How do I restart the network or ask the system to seek a refresh IP from the DHCP?

I'm running a Minix using VirtualBox. Minix is set to use the DHCP. And the network adapter is using a bridged connection*. When I last saved the state of the machine its IP was 192.168.1.11 (ifconfig) and was connected to wlan0 (VirtualBox network…
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