Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!udel!mmdf From: archer%segin4.segin.fr@prime.com (Vincent Archer) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Re: Questions from a beginner Message-ID: <25667@nigel.udel.EDU> Date: 26 Jul 90 06:48:00 GMT Sender: mmdf@ee.udel.EDU Lines: 49 Some answers: Remy CARD asks: > 1/ I have seen some upgrade packages for Minix from 1.3 to 1.5.0, >from 1.5.0 to 1.5.3, from 1.5.3 to 1.5.5 and from 1.5.5 to 1.5.6 on >some ftp sites. What are the new features of the release 1.5 vs 1.3 and >is it possible to upgrade by using these packages ? New release has more utilities, is more stable, has less bugs (not sure about this one :-), is Posix-ified. In short, bigger and better. > 2/ In release 1.3, Minix uses the 8088/8086 processor. Is there >any update to use 286 or 386 protected mode ? Try the 386 Gurus. Bruce Evans is the "master" of 386-ing. > 3/ Has anyone ported some GNU programs on Minix ? Some have been. It's easy to port GNU stuff, but not when you're stuck to the ACK compiler and the 64K I&D spaces that "plain" Minix 1.5 still has. nlane@garnet.berkeley.edu (Nathan Lane) asks: >Also, is anyone out there running Minix on a 520 ST with more than 1 MB >memory? (i.e. I want to avoid the 64K segment stuff on intel machines - but >need to know if Minix will recognize, say, 4 MB on a hacked 520 ST.) If your TOS can recongnize the extra Memory, Minix has no problem using it. (The kernel rely on the TOS to provide the "phystop" variable with the correct value) >One more thing - can I get an Internet connection up and running using a >Minix machine, or do I have to get a full BSD or SYS V implementation to get >that kind of access? (The physical layer of the interface is no problem, >but the software - telnet, ftp, etc. are beyond me.) They're beyond me too :-) Since there's no support (yet) for networking other than Amoeba, such stuff is not available yet. >-Nathan Lane >Minixer - real soon now!!! Welcome to the group. Vincent Vincent Archer | Email:archer%segin4.segin.fr@prime.com "People that are good at finding excuses are never good at anything else"