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- From: torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Benedict Torvalds)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
- Subject: Re: GNU-C recompiled minix wanted
- Message-ID: <1992Sep3.122349.16731@klaava.Helsinki.FI>
- Date: 3 Sep 92 12:23:49 GMT
- References: <1992Sep3.103808.12710@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
- Organization: University of Helsinki
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- In article <1992Sep3.103808.12710@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> vromano@nyx.cs.du.edu (Vincenzo Romano) writes:
- >I'm looking for a copy of the Minix Operating System recompiled by using
- >the GNU-C compiler. I already own the Minix 1.5 but I'm sure that on my
- >386sx machine such a recompiled OS should be faster, isn't it?
- >
- >Can anyone help me? Can anyone tell me where I can FTP this OS or, at least
- >a pre-compiled minix port of the GNU-C?
-
- As far as I know, there is no gcc-compiled version of PC-minix
- available. Gcc won't even run on the basic minix setup: you have to
- upgrade to 386-minix by Bruce Evans (this is a good idea anyway, as it
- allows you to run other programs that won't work under normal minix
- otherwise). The 386-patches are available (or were when I got them) at
- least from plains.nodak.edu, (/pub/minix/oz/ I think).
-
- If you don't have to run minix, you could be better off trying out linux
- or 386bsd instead: they give you everything minix does and then some
- (and is compiled using gcc). For good performance you need at least 4MB
- of memory, though, or you'll swap your brains out trying to run all the
- GNU software. Read comp.os.linux/comp.unix.bsd for additional info.
-
- Linus
-