Linked by Will Senn on Tue 8th Jun 2004 05:35 UTC
This tutorial will walk the reader through setting up Minix 2.0.4 on Windows XP via Bochs 2.1.1. These are the latest versions of Minix, Bochs and Windows XP as of May of 2004. In this era of Linux and Windows domination of the OS scene, it is important to remember that there are alternatives. Hence, this article will also serve as an introduction to one such alternative, Minix, which has a very rich heritage, indeed.
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Any article that includes the word "hence" a paragraph away from "props" is surely worth reading :-)
If you have a Solaris box lying around, you should check out Solaris minix. We've (UF) used it to allow students to hack on minix in a course with > 120 students, and it works pretty well. Under Solaris-minix, it's pretty easy to make changes to the kernel, recompile it, and test it, and you don't have to mess with bootloaders.
Or you can install it on an old PC... it will probably still work on a 286.