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Instruction for Installing Minix on Vmware 5.5.2 (For Windows) Prerequisites Hardware Requirements 1) Systems having at least 512 MB of Memory (Minix can run on machines having memory lesser than 512MB, however to avoid problems later on since we have to install multiple Minix, it is recommended to use a machine with minimum 512 MB of RAM and allocate 256MB to Vmware machines. ) 2) Each minix requires 16MB Mem and 200MB hard-disk; 3) Have around 0.8GB free hard-disk space (recommended for 4 minix) Software Requirements 1) Vmware 4.5.2.This shall be provided by Instructor. Kindly ask him for a legal copy. Since this is an Institutional course, using pirated copy is illegal. 2) Minix Operating SystemFor the purpose of Installing Minix on Vmware, we shall use Floppy Images of the installation files. Please download from here and extract to your host machine by Winrar. Then you have 11 files: root_usr.flp, sys_1.flp, sys_2.flp, usr_1.flp, usr_2.flp, usr_3.flp, cmd_1.flp, cmd_2.flp, cmd_3.flp, net.flp, amd_new.flp With Vmware and Minix Floppy Images, we are all set to install Minix on Vmware. For Installation of Vmware on Windows Machine, click on the link below Installation of Vmware Installation Suggestions You could follow steps 1-12 in next section to setup a minix virtual machine. To save time, I suggest you use the pre-built virtual machine. You need the following three files: other-flat.zip (VMware disk image, the size is about 7M), other.vmdk and other.vmx. Put these three files into a directory called Minix2.0.4, unzip the other-flat.zip file (you will get a large file called other-flat.vmdk). You can then run this pre-built virtual machine in VMware by loading other.vmx. Go to appendix of this document, see some funny functionalities. If you would prefer to install minix from scratch, follow steps in next section. Installation of Minix on Vmware From Scratch 1) Power up Vmware by either clicking on the shortcut on the desktop or either selecting Vmware Work