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Printing Some Helpful Documentation</a></div></li> 108<li class="level2"><div class="li"><a href="#step_2_-_preparing_your_disk">Step 2 - Preparing Your Disk</a></div></li> 109<li class="level2"><div class="li"><a href="#step_3_-_getting_the_cd-rom_image">Step 3 - Getting the CD-ROM Image</a></div></li> 110<li class="level2"><div class="li"><a href="#step_4_-_installing_minix_3">Step 4 - Installing MINIX 3</a></div></li> 111<li class="level2"><div class="li"><a href="#step_5_-_setting_up_your_new_system">Step 5 - Setting Up Your New System</a></div></li> 112<li class="level2"><div class="li"><a href="#step_6_-_learning_more">Step 6 - Learning More</a></div></li> 113<li class="level2"><div class="li"><a href="#step_7_-_joining_the_minix_3_community">Step 7 - Joining the MINIX 3 Community</a></div></li> 114</ul></li> 115</ul> 116</div> 117</div> 118<!-- TOC END --> 119 120<h1 class="sectionedit1" id="getting_started">Getting Started</h1> 121<div class="level1"> 122 123</div> 124 125<h2 class="sectionedit2" id="step_1_-_printing_some_helpful_documentation">Step 1 - Printing Some Helpful Documentation</h2> 126<div class="level2"> 127 128<p> 129Welcome to the MINIX 3 community. This page will help get you started. First, you will need either a PC or a virtual machine to run MINIX 3. While most of the installation procedure is the same, there are some diferences. If you are planning to install MINIX 3 on a hypervisor, please make a note of this page on <a href="/doku.php?id=www:getting-started:virtualmachines" class="wikilink1" title="www:getting-started:virtualmachines">virtual machines</a>. 130</p> 131 132<p> 133Before starting, print the <a href="/doku.php?id=usersguide:doinginstallation" class="wikilink1" title="usersguide:doinginstallation">
133installation guide</a>. It will make the installation go more smoothly. The discussion below is just a brief summary so you have the big picture, but all the details are in the guide. 134</p> 135 136<p> 137After completing the installation, you are going to have to administer your system, so it would be a good idea to get and print the short <a href="/doku.php?id=usersguide:postinstallation" class="wikilink1" title="usersguide:postinstallation">administrator's guide</a> so you will have it when you need it. 138</p> 139 140<p> 141Finally, only a small number of packages are installed in the base system, so you will surely want to install some packages after setting up. Consequently, you should also print the page about <a href="/doku.php?id=usersguide:installingbinarypackages" class="wikilink1" title="usersguide:installingbinarypackages">installing binary packages</a> in advance. If you are planning to use X11, also print the <a href="/doku.php?id=usersguide:introductiontox" class="wikilink1" title="usersguide:introductiontox">Introduction to X</a> page. With these four printouts, you are set to go. 142</p> 143 144</div> 145 146<h2 class="sectionedit3" id="step_2_-_preparing_your_disk">Step 2 - Preparing Your Disk</h2> 147<div class="level2"> 148 149<p> 150If you are going to run MINIX 3 on the bare hardware, you will need to free up a partition on one of your hard disks where MINIX 3 will be installed. If you don't have a free partition, you will have repartition your disk. Here is a <a href="/doku.php?id=usersguide:diskpartitions" class="wikilink1" title="usersguide:diskpartitions">tutorial</a> on disk partitioning. 151</p> 152 153</div> 154 155<h2 class="sectionedit4" id="step_3_-_getting_the_cd-rom_image">Step 3 - Getting the CD-ROM Image</h2> 156<div class="level2"> 157 158<p> 159Next, for installation either on the bare hardware or on a hypervisor, you will have to download the CD-ROM image file. The <strong><a href="/doku.php?id=www:download:start" class="wikilink1" title="www:download:start">DOWNLOAD</a></strong> link above will give you a choice of versions. If this is your first time using MINIX 3, choose the most recent stable version rather than the developer snapshot. However, if you are a UNIX expert and want the latest and greatest version, the developer snapshot is for you although you are more likely to encounter some bugs. 160</p> 161 162<p> 163The image files are all compressed using the bzip2 algorithm. Once you have the image file, you need to decompress it wih the <a href="http://www.bzip.org" class="urlextern" title="http://www.bzip.org" rel="nofollow">bzip2</a>, or <a href="http://www.7-zip.org" class="urlextern" title="http://www.7-zip.org" rel="nofollow">7-Zip</a>, or similar program to get a <code>.iso</code> file. 164</p> 165 166<p> 167Once you have the <code>.iso</code> file, the next step depends on whether you are using a hypervisor or not. If not, you need to burn the <code>.iso</code> image to a CD-ROM. If you are using a hypervisor, this step is optional. Note that CD-ROM burning programs always have an option for burning a saved image file rather than using a standard ISO 9660 file system. You must burn the <code>.iso</code> file as an image file. It is a bit-for-bit copy of what has to be on the CD-ROM. 168</p> 169 170</div> 171 172<h2 class="sectionedit5" id="step_4_-_installing_minix_3">Step 4 - Installing MINIX 3</h2> 173<div class="level2"> 174 175<p> 176Now you are ready to start the installation procedure. When installing to the bare computer, put the CD-ROM in the drive, close the door and shut the computer down. Now reboot it from the CD-ROM. You may have to hit F8 or some other key during the boot sequence to tell the BIOS that you want to boot from CD-ROM rather than from hard disk. When installing on a hypervisor, you can also insert the CD-ROM and boot from it but most hypervisors have an option to boot from an image file instead. If yours has this option, you can use the decompressed <code>.iso</code> file. 177</p> 178 179<p> 180At this point, just follow the instructions on the screen. You will be asked several questions about your setup, Just answer them. It should go pretty smoothly. The whole installation can be completed in under 15 minutes. 181</p> 182 183</div> 184 185<h2 class="sectionedit6" id="step_5_-_setting_up_your_new_system">Step 5 - Setting Up Your New System</h2> 186<div class="level2"> 187 188<p> 189After you have installed MINIX 3 and rebooted, as instructed, you now have a stripped-down, but working MINIX 3 system. At this point, it only works from the command line. One of the printouts you hopefully made in advance tells you what to do next. These steps include setting the root password, entering your time zone, and so on. Most likely you will want to install X Windows, compilers, and a lot of other software as the CD-ROM is not big enough to contain much software. Fortunately, installing packages is easy in MINIX 3 as it supports the NetBSD pkgsrc program. The printout you made earlier will tell you how to do this. 190</p> 191 192</div> 193 194<h2 class="sectionedit7" id="step_6_-_learning_more">Step 6 - Learning More</h2> 195<div class="level2"> 196 197<p> 198At some point you may have questions about MINIX 3. If your questions are frequently asked, they might be in the <a href="/doku.php?id=faq" class="wikilink1" title="faq">FAQ</a>. If your questions are not in the <abbr title="Frequently Asked Questions">FAQ</abbr>, look in the <a href="/doku.php?id=start" class="wikilink1" title="start">MINIX 3 wiki</a>. If you still don't have answers, try asking your questions on the <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/minix3" class="urlextern" title="http://groups.google.com/group/minix3" rel="nofollow">MINIX3 Google Newsgroup</a>. 199</p> 200 201</div> 202 203<h2 class="sectionedit8" id="step_7_-_joining_the_minix_3_community">Step 7 - Joining the MINIX 3 Community</h2> 204<div class="level2"> 205 206<p> 207As you get more experienced, you may want to join the MINIX 3 community. Click on the <strong><a href="/doku.php?id=www:community:start" class="wikilink1" title="www:community:start">COMMUNITY</a></strong> link above to learn more about it. Your help in writing or porting software is most welcome. Porting NetBSD software is the easiest route generally because the MINIX 3 user interface is closely patterned on NetBSD and the MINIX 3 package manager, pkgsrc, was ported from NetBSD. At some point you may have acquired enough knowledge to help other people. That would be the time to start contributing to the wiki.
208</p> 209 210<p> 211Once you get really good, you may want to start browsing the git <a href="http://git.minix3.org/?p=minix.git" class="urlextern" title="http://git.minix3.org/?p=minix.git" rel="nofollow">repository</a> to track current developments. 212</p> 213 214<p> 215Finally, we have some MINIX 3 <a href="http://www.cafepress.co.uk/minixmerch" class="urlextern" title="http://www.cafepress.co.uk/minixmerch" rel="nofollow">merchandise</a> (T-shirts, etc.) you might be interested in. 216</p> 217 218<p> 219Good luck and have fun! 220</p> 221 222</div> 223 224 <!-- wikipage stop --> 225 </div> 226 227 <div class="docInfo"><bdi>www/getting-started/start.txt</bdi> · Last modified: 2018/01/23 17:33 by <bdi>lionelsambuc</bdi></div> 228 229 </div></div><!-- /content --> 230 231 <hr class="a11y" /> 232 233 <!-- PAGE ACTIONS --> 234 <div id="dokuwiki__pagetools"> 235 <h3 class="a11y">Page Tools</h3> 236 <div class="tools"> 237 <ul> 238 <li><a href="/doku.php?id=www:getting-started:start&do=edit" class="action source" accesskey="v" rel="nofollow" title="Show pagesource [V]"><span>Show pagesource</span></a></li><li><a href="/doku.php?id=www:getting-started:start&do=revisions" class="action revs" accesskey="o" rel="nofollow" title="Old revisions [O]"><span>Old revisions</span></a></li><li><a href="/doku.php?id=www:getting-started:start&do=backlink" class="action backlink" rel="nofollow" title="Backlinks"><span>Backlinks</span></a></li><li class="plugin_move_page"><a href=""><span>Rename Page</span></a></li><li><a href="#dokuwiki__top" class="action top" accesskey="t" rel="nofollow" title="Back to top [T]"><span>Back to top</span></a></li><li><a href="#" class="action copypage copypageplugin__copy" rel="nofollow"><span>Copy this page</span></a></li> </ul> 239 </div> 240 </div> 241 </div><!-- /wrapper --> 242 243 244<!-- ********** FOOTER ********** --> 245<div id="dokuwiki__footer"><div class="pad"> 246 247 <div class="buttons"> 248 <a href="http://www.dokuwiki.org/donate" title="Donate" ><img 249 src="/lib/tpl/minix3d/images/button-donate.gif" width="80" height="15" alt="Donate" /></a> 250 <a href="http://php.net" title="Powered by PHP" ><img 251 src="/lib/tpl/minix3d/images/button-php.gif" width="80" height="15" alt="Powered by PHP" /></a> 252 <a href="http://validator.w3.org/check/referer" title="Valid HTML5" ><img 253 src="/lib/tpl/minix3d/images/button-html5.png" width="80" height="15" alt="Valid HTML5" /></a> 254 <a href="http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/check/referer?profile=css3" title="Valid CSS" ><img 255 src="/lib/tpl/minix3d/images/button-css.png" width="80" height="15" alt="Valid CSS" /></a> 256 <a href="http://dokuwiki.org/" title="Driven by DokuWiki" ><img 257 src="/lib/tpl/minix3d/images/button-dw.png" width="80" height="15" alt="Driven by DokuWiki" /></a> 258 </div> 259</div></div><!-- /footer --> 260 261<!--Start of Google analytics -->
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