Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!cs.umn.edu!msi.umn.edu!math.fu-berlin.de!uniol!Frank.Neumann From: Frank.Neumann@arbi.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de (Frank Neumann) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Beginner with first problems :} [Amiga] Message-ID: Date: 17 May 91 11:57:08 GMT Organization: University of Oldenburg, Germany Lines: 41 Hi out there, Ok, now I did it. Two days ago I received my Amiga Minix package from a German distributor of Prentice Hall. Things look quite fine, but soon some questions came up: a) The loader that came with the original package "minix" is supposed to have the option -m $
to add chunks of 256 KBytes to the system's Ramdisk. I tried this, but still I get the info that the space for the root file system is just 160 KBytes in size. Now I already ftp'ed the new kernel & loader, and noticed that the new loader's -m option is different - it requires a "memory configuration file". Unfortunately no docs came in this distribution - so I am looking for a description of what this file has to look like. b) On the same thing - I do have the new kernel image, but where can I get the new source diffs for this kernel ? Is it also part of the distribution in /pub/minix/cdiffs at ftp.cs.vu.nl or does that directory only relate to the IBM version ? c) I think this problem has already been discussed, but I ask it anyway - ps gives me lot a garbage although I did not yet recompile the kernel and there is a /etc/psdatabase. Is the ps broken ? d) Some weeks ago I posted a question about harddisk drivers. I got nice response, obviously the crew around ast is willing to help me here :-) I hope to get the specs for the OMTI controller (with which I'm currently running my Amiga) in these days, and then I hope I'll get the driver written soon. (This was actually no question, but an information). So - (now comes the question) - is there a kind of 'skeleton' driver source available where I maybe (is it SO simple ? ;) just have to put in my controller's special parameters and maybe modify some other stuff and can then run it all from harddisk ? I assume this all sounds very beginner-like to you, but that's obviously what I am :-) So long, Frank -- + Frank Neumann, Hauptstr. 107, 2900 Oldenburg, FRG The Amiga is it. + + InterNet: Frank.Neumann@arbi.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de + + UUCP: neumann@uniol.uucp \\// InHouse:amigo@faramir + + Zerberus: neumann@uniol.zer BitNet:295391@DOLUNI1.BITNET IRC: Franky + + "Dann die Butter [...] mit einem Schneebesen schaumig schlagen" +