Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!rice!brazos.rice.edu!pete From: pete@titan.rice.edu (Pete Keleher) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Re: Minix Questions...Eagerly Awaiting MacMINIX!!!! Message-ID: Date: 14 Feb 90 04:28:55 GMT References: <11067@nigel.udel.EDU> Sender: root@rice.edu Organization: Whatsamatta U Lines: 26 In-reply-to: umbaugh@evax.arl.utexas.edu's message of 13 Feb 90 23:57:42 GMT L. David (Dave) Umbaugh writes: > Pete, that is not what Minix was built to be. It is a unix-ish > operating system intended for the pedagogical use of studying what OS > code looks like and how it can be modified as course projects, etc. > If it is useful for other purposes, so much the better. Correct. I think playing with the source could be a blast. However, the fact remains that if minix used the host file system, it would be VERY useful in a variety of additional ways. There are many advantages to using the host file system, and the only disadvantage that I can see is some small amount of extra hacking required of the person who ports the product. If there are additional problems, I'd love to hear them. If not, the small amount of additional hacking required would seem to far outweighed by the utility gained. How 'bout it, guys? I know that both Andy and the guy that made the Mac port are out there. Are there other problems? Do y'all argue about this with every new port? Please understand that I'm not whining, just confused. If worse comes to worse, I'll hack up the file system myself. -- Pete Keleher pete@titan.rice.edu