nall@sun8.scri.fsu.edu (John Nall) (11/02/90)
I have successfully completed installing the Bruce Evans modifications for 32-bit Minix (Minix-386) to standard Minix 1.5.10, thanks to the help of quite a few people on the net. While the various problems which were encountered are still fresh in mind, I've written a tutorial which may keep the wheel from constantly being reinvented. (It is amazing how many details which are puzzling are perfectly obviously once you know how to do it). Needless to say, this tutorial is a composite of information received from the people who have helped me, with some additions which are added for the sake of clarity. Before releasing this tutorial for general consumption, I need someone to test it out for me. I've gone through and checked it, but that does not mean it would necessarily be clear to someone else who is hitting it cold. The necessary qualifications are (a) a 386, (b) some time to work on this, which I would estimate at about four or five hours total, (c) a willingness to make comments on the tutorial, and (d) an already installed Minix 1.5.10. What you get out of it is (a) a chance to do a good deed :-), (b) an extra amount of hand-holding as necessary, (c) a Minix-386 system. Please e-mail direct to me. Address is nall@sun8.scri.fsu.edu. -- John W. Nall | Supercomputation Computations Research Institute nall@sun8.scri.fsu.edu | Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306 "Real programmers can write assembly code in any language." - Larry Wall