MINIX 3 Users Guide Table of Contents

The Users Guide provides information on how to install and configure MINIX 3. If you're new to MINIX 3, you should start here.

Part I: Getting Started

1. Introduction
   1. Welcome to MINIX 3
2. Installing MINIX 3
   1. Hardware Requirements
   2. Disk Partitions
   3. Doing the Installation
   4. Post-Installation Configuration
   5. Running Multiple Operating Systems
   6. Troubleshooting
   7. Exchanging data between operating systems
3. Installing Applications
   1. Installing Binary Packages
   2. Installing Source Packages
4. The X Window System
   1. Introduction to X
   2. Window Managers
5. Virtualization
   1. Running on VMware
   2. Running on Qemu (and KVM)
   3. Running on Bochs
   4. Running on Parallels
   5. Running on VirtualBox
   6. Running on VirtualPC 2007

Part II: Using MINIX 3

1. Common Text-Based Applications
   1. Command line interface
   2. Manual Pages
   3. Text Editors
   4. The GNU Utilities
   5. GNU Development Tools
2. Internet Applications
   1. Web Browsers
   2. Email Applications
   3. File Transfer
   4. Apache and PHP
3. Peripherals
   1. BeagleBone Weather

Part III: System Administration

1. Basic System Administration
   1. Introduction to System Administration
   2. Setting the Root Password
   3. Managing User Accounts
   4. Working with Storage
   5. Serial Consoles
   6. Manual Pages for Administrators
2. Starting and Stopping MINIX 3
   1. The Boot Monitor
   2. Running Multiple Operating Systems
   3. Shutting Down
3. Configuration and Tuning
   1. Installation Optimizations
   2. APIC mode
   3. SATA
4. Security
   1. Securing MINIX 3
   2. Setting Up the SSH Daemon
5. Networking
   1. Network Configuration
   2. Booting over the network using PXE
6. Technical Notes
   1. Harmless Diagnostic Messages