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- Using Minix in 640K RAM
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- modified: Sun Sep 1 10:43:20 EDT 1996
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- Q: I installed Minix on a 640K XT and get a lot of error messages when
- I try to do real work.
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- A: The problem is probably lack of memory. When you run out of memory
- errors multiply, and the error message that is printed sometimes isn't
- a good indicator of what caused the problem in the first place.
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- Here are some hints for using Minix on a 640K machine:
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- 1. 640K just doesn't leave much space for Minix plus other stuff. Don't
- try to use the RAM disk unless you absolutely must (i.e., one floppy
- drive). If you have two floppies put the root on one of them. This is
- only temporary until you can have the root on the hard drive. To
- prevent a RAM disk from being created at startup make sure the ramsize
- boot parameter is 0 and change the rootdev parameter to "rootdev=bootdev".
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- 2. The ash shell is very big for use on the XT. It is nice, but you may
- want to change the default shell to sh in /etc/passwd. Alternatively, you
- can type "exec sh" when you are about to do something that strains memory.
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- 3. If you want to network an XT it can be done, but you need to streamline
- things. The default /etc/rc starts daemons you don't really need. Also,
- you should have a separate non-networked small kernel you can boot as an
- alternate when you want to do something memory intensive, like recompiling
- the kernel.
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- 4. When things are desperate use exec, i.e, "exec make". When the task
- finishes you have to log in again, but this method gives you more memory.
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- 5. It is possible to recompile the system by issuing "make" in
- /usr/src/tools, but you need a small kernel. It may be easier just to go
- into each directory (kernel, mm, etc.), and do a make in each.
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- Albert S. Woodhull
- Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
- awoodhull@hamp.hampshire.edu
- http://minix1.hampshire.edu/asw
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