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From: asg@sage.cc.purdue.edu (The Grand Master)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: MINIX on a 486?
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Date: 10 Jun 91 20:23:17 GMT
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Hello.
I currently have a 286 running MINIX. Within the next 1.5 years however,
I plan on upgrading to either an Amiga (running Amiga SYS5r4) or a 
486. The current 486 that I am looking at is a Gateway 2000 486-33.
I would get it with 40MB of memory, and two 200MB IDE drives. Now
my questions:

-Will the extensions to MINIX for a 386 work equally well on a 486?
-Is a 15-20MB Ramdisk feasable?
-Is anyone out there working on (or planning on) extensions to MINIX
 for a 486, or will any 486 extensions be applicable to a 386 as well.
-Is anyone out there working on Job control, swapping&paging, and/or
 sockets for MINIX?
-Is there a higher power UNIX(tm)-like OS out there with complete source
 that would have Job Control, swapping/paging, sockets, etc?
-What are the problems associated with MINIX on IDE drives.
-I have heard that there is a 32M limit on MINIX partitions. If so, 
 4*32=128 which would leave 72MB/drive unoccupied. Any suggestions
 on how to work around this?
-Would I be better off getting a more high-power (and more high-priced :-( )
 UNIX(tm)-like OS (propbably without the source)?

Questions for my current configuration:
- I have a 287 math co-processor  Is there anyone out there who has done
  any work on getting MINIX to use the math coprocessor?
- Is there a way to split my HD into > 4 partitions? If so, what files would
  I need to modify?



thanx for your time
			Bruce



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