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Welcome to MINIX 3. This CD-ROM is a live CD. You can boot your computer
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from it and MINIX 3 will start automatically without using the hard disk.
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At the prompt, login as root. It works pretty much like any UNIX system
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in command line mode. You can have up to four virtual terminals open at once.
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Nevertheless, to do anything besides demonstrating MINIX 3, you need to
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install the system to your hard disk.
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This CD-ROM contains the following files visible from Windows or Linux:
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- README.TXT This file
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- setup.ps: setup guide in PostScript
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- setup.pdf: setup guide in PDF (requires Adobe Acrobat reader)
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- presz134.zip Windows utility to resize FAT partitions
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- bootflop.img If you cannot boot from CD-ROMs, insert the CD-ROM
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anyway, then copy this floppy image raw to a floppy using
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RawWrite (ask Google) and boot from the floppy
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- Listing.txt Appendix B as ASCII text
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- Listing.ps Appendix B as PostScript
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- Listing.pdf Appendix B as PDF
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- Listing.idx File index to the listing
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There are also many invisible files used for installing MINIX 3.
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To install MINIX 3, please print either the PostScript or PDF setup
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manual or get it from www.minix3.org/doc/ under the heading Installation.
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You will need to carry out several steps before beginning the installation,
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as described in the setup guide and having it available during installation
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will be useful since the on-screen directions are quite concise.
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The official MINIX 3 Website is www.minix3.org. It has a wealth of information
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about MINIX 3 and more recent versions of the software as well as additional
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software not on this CD-ROM. It also lists several ways to access the
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newsgroup, comp.os.minix, where you can ask questions and get help. In
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addition, it tells how you can run MINIX 3 on a simulator on top of Windows
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or Linux instead of on the bare metal. You can also join the MINIX 3 community,
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report bugs, and help push MINIX 3 forward by porting applications and drivers
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to it. We encourage you to visit!
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We hope you enjoy using MINIX 3.
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