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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Yeah I used the pre-made disk image [mentioned by Lauri] for Minix at the Bochs site. I tried several other images and was impressed with how fast the system booted up. Bochs is a great little tool for tinkering, up there with VMware and/or an extra hard drive. Some images didn't work right, and it took a little tweaking of the config file [due to the image being for an older version of Bochs].
Good article by the way. Setting up Bochs with the Minix image was easy, but I had never installed from scratch as outlined in the article.
I think I'll tinkering with Bochs a bit this weekend.