$Id: README,v 1.1 1996/03/20 20:01:10 paul Exp $

This is a beta copy (v0) of Solaris Minix (smx) 1.7.2.  It
is a version of Minix that runs as a single process under SunOS 5.x
running on SPARC-based Suns.

Read ./install for instructions on how to install smx.

The other files in the doc directory are:

filesys		A description of how to create new smx file systems.

manual		Brief descriptions of commands added to smx, and of the
		SunOS commands needed to run Solaris Minix.

overview	An overview of Solaris Minix, including discussion of
		how it differs from other versions of Minix.

porting		A guide on how to compile software under SunOS for
		use in smx.

security	A discussion of security issues raised by use of smx.

smx.net		Ideas on how networking can be added to smx.

smx172.status   Brief summary of areas for further work.


Solaris Minix began as a port of Macintosh Minix 1.5 to run under
SunOS 4.x.  Much of this work, and the initial Solaris port, was done
by Peter Smith (psmith@cs.ubc.ca).  Paul Ashton
(paul@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz) was involved in some of the early work, and
has done most of the more recent work.

An earlier release of this software was SunOS Minix, which was based
on Minix 1.5 running on SunOS 4.x on Sun 3s and 4s.

Bug reports should be sent to sunos-minix@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz
