Difference between revisions of "Minix"
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| + | The root password is burried in the book but for my sake... | ||
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== Resources == | == Resources == | ||
Revision as of 17:35, 9 September 2011
| Minix | |
| Type: | Time-sharing |
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| Creator: | Andy Tanenbaum |
| Multitasking: | Multitasking with paging/swap |
| Architecture: | Originally 8086 was cross-platform. |
| Date Released: | 1987 |
Minix is a small microkernel based OS for teaching OS concepts in colleges. Over it's life it has been ported to various CPU types, and platforms, but as time has gone on it's always come back to the intel 8086 platform.
The current version is 3, which can be found at the official Minix web site minix3.org.
Platforms
In the past 1.5x releases Minix supported:
- Amiga
- Atari ST
- Sparc
- Macintosh
- 8086
- 80386 (With Bruce Evans patches)
root password
The root password is burried in the book but for my sake...
- ast Wachtwoord
- root Geheim
Resources
All kinds of ancient Minix can be found here. There is also the official minix archive here.
I'm trying to track down the Bruce Evans Minix-386 stuff.
