Author: Jo Even (hordaland.dnb.no)
Date: 01-03-2002 11:05
Vido wrote:
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> For me this what you are using is Multitos.
Well, that might be true for you, but in the real world he's using MiNT+N.AES, and *not* MultiTOS ;-) MultiTOS is the name of the ancient MiNT-kernels from Atari, combined with the equally ancient AES from Atari. MiNT (actually FreeMiNT) is the name of the kernel, and has nothing to do with what else you load your computer with.
> instead AES4.1. MiNT is derivate of UNIX so
> you need unix like filesystem as minix or
> ext2. I sugest you to make at least 200 MB
Absolutely not. OK, MiNT does have a lot in common with unix, but you don't need any unix-type filesystems to use it. There is nothing wrong with FAT as long as it does what you need. Using FAT doesn't make you a "MultiTOS-user" (in fact, I've been using ramfs and fatfs only on my Falcon/AB for atleast two years now. No ext2 or minixfs at all.).
However, I see that Fat Rakoon wants to use MiNT-Net. In this case ext2/minixfs is more convenient, but definitely not needed. If anybody want to check out a minimalistic, but working "unix-setup" complete with networking, take a look at http://atari.nvg.org/fmks/. This describes the setup I'm using on my Falcon. The entire setup is available in one single archive. It's very easy to install if you already have a working MiNT-setup like Fat Rakoon has. It probably needs an update of many of its binaries to be kosher, but as long as it works for me I don't intend to do anything about it.
> Best way to instal MiNT is to use EasyMiNT
> distribution.
Probably, if you want to use most of the new stuff (like the X-server and the X-applications). But IMHO it's overkill if you only want a simple setup to run GEM-applications.
I have both, a simple - but efficient and reliable - setup on my Falcon, and a huge installation on my Milan. MiNT works very well on both.
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