btstd204.txt, btnet204.txt   -- Single floppy disk Minix 2.0.4 boot images
posted by ASW 2004-03-20

btstd204.img is just the Minix 2.0.4 root.mnx+usr.mnx 32-bit Minix boot
images on a single floppy disk image, configured to boot into a 4 MByte
RAM disk.  You can use this just as a single-floppy Minix demonstration
disk, or as a starting point for doing a Minix installation. 

btnet204.img is similar, but with networking support.  It includes all
of the files from the root.mnx+usr.mnx 32-bit Minix disk images, with
most of the files from the net.taz archive added to support networking.
It boots a Minix system with network support into a 4 MB RAM disk.  In
order for this to work, files on /usr/bin that are not needed during
initial startup are stored in /usr/bin/ubin.tar.Z.  After the normal
startup (including network configuration) is complete the archive is
unpacked by a command in /usr/local/etc/rc before the login prompt is
issued. The total installation occupies about 1.9 MB on the RAM disk.

The btnet204.img image is initially configured to work with an
NE2000-type ethernet card using DPETH0=300:3 in the boot parameters.
This may need to be modified for your system.  IP address configuration
is done in /etc/rc.net.  Comments in the file show how it can be
modified to boot automatically with a predetermined IP address, but as
it is initially configured the user will be asked to enter an IP
address, a netmask, and a gateway address.  The only thing not included
from the full root.mnx+usr.mnx+net.taz set of files is the dhcpd binary
to support automatically obtaining an IP address from a server on the
network.  It just would not fit on the disk.  This can be added when a
full installation is done on a hard disk, and will be enabled if
/etc/rc.net is deleted or renamed.