building the latest minix

[Dave]

Hi

I'm trying to get familiar with the latest minix code. My had been to
use the prebuilt vmware 3_1_2a image to build and install minix
r3_1_3b.

I was able to get 3_1_2a running under vmware and check out the 3_1_3b
code and ftp it to my minix system.

So far so good. But when I try to build it I run into a series of
small problems that are not the kind of thing that I would expect to
find in a tagged version.

I can give more details if necessary but right now I'm just wondering
if I my expectations are reasonable. My hope had been to get to the
point where I could modify, build and run the latest stable minix
code. Am I going about this in the right way?

Thank you for any feedback.

- Dave

[Erik van der Kouwe]

Check out the docs/UPDATING file; it seems that you need to do some
additional things to make the upgrade:
https://gforge.cs.vu.nl/plugins/scmsvn/viewcvs.php/tags/r3_1_3b/docs/UPD
ATING?rev=3053&root=minix&view=markup

I suppose this is why they released 3.1.3: to serve as a starting point
for when you want to upgrade to the SVN version.

--
With kind regards,
Erik van der Kouwe

[Dave]

Thank you. This got me quite a bit further but not all the way. I
follow the instructions in the UPDATING file up to the reboot step
successfully. However the reboot fails. The instructions say to use
" reboot -x 'unset image; boot' " but I have doubts about this since
the man page does not say anything about a "-x" option for reboot.
Here are links to screenshots of my vmware window taken before and
after the reboot:

before reboot:
http://picasaweb.google.com/to.dave.c/MinixScreenShots/photo#5225918608923650498

after reboot:
http://picasaweb.google.com/to.dave.c/MinixScreenShots/photo#5225918607828876226

If anyone can give me any pointers on what to try next I would very
much appreciate it.

Thanks in advance

- Dave
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the UPDATING file contents:

20060818:
You need flex in your $PATH, which has become part of the base
system. This needs bigger binaries.
If you don't have flex yet, you can compile it first by doing:
# cp /usr/src/etc/binary_sizes* /etc
# binsizes big
# cd /usr/src/commands/flex-2.5.4
# sh build
20061222:
Install binaries in the right order because the new readdir
implementation and the new mount program are incompatible
with older kernels and the new kernels require the new mount.
# cd /usr/src
# make includes
# make libraries
# make cmds
# make depend
# cd /usr/src/tools
# make hdboot
# make install
# cd ..
# make install
Installing fails for boot. Reboot the system
# reboot -x 'unset image; boot'
Now install everything
# cd /usr/src
# make install
20061222:
The archictecture-dependent/-independent split needs
ARCH=<arch>
in /etc/make.conf, included by some Makefiles and sourced by
some shell scripts. To install it, type 'make install' in
src/etc, or simply copy the file over.
20070118:
drivers.conf has been updated to include an ACL for mfs. it
has
to be installed before rebooting after an update of the mount
command.
20070212 (r2751):
mkfs needs more memory to make an image; chmem it or do
# touch mkfs.c ; make /usr/bin/mkfs
in /usr/src/commands/simple.

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On Jul 20, 11:40 pm, "Erik van der Kouwe" <vdkouwe <at> few.vu.nl>
wrote: