In this article, Fu-Manchu documents the process required to put the USR data and executable files onto three floppy diskettes for the MINIX operating system, running on an Intel 386 computer. This procedure is part of the MINIX Installation process.

This procedure uses a computer running Microsoft Windows 2000, connected to the Internet and equipped with a 1.44-Mbyte floppy disc drive.

Procedure

Put the files contained in the USR.TAZ compressed archive onto three floppy

discs by following these steps.

1. Download the USR.TAZ archive from http://www.cs.vu.nl/pub/minix/2.0.0/i386/USR.TAZ and put
   
   it in directory c:\minix created in Making a
   
   Boot Floppy.
   

2. 
   Open a DOS command window by selecting Start->Run-> then type
   
   cmd, which is the MS-DOS command processor for Windows 2000. Press
   
   the Enter key to open the window.
   

3. 
   In the command window, type the command cd c:\minix and press the Enter key
   
   to change directory to the MINIX folder.
   

4. 
   Now type the command dir to display the contents of the directory
   
   c:\minix. Results should look something like this:
   
   C:\minix>dir
   Volume in drive C has no label.
   Volume Serial Number is CCFF-09AC
   
   Directory of C:\minix
   
   12/10/2003 04:09p <DIR> .
   12/10/2003 04:09p <DIR> ..
   11/20/2003 10:26a 10,574 fdvol.exe
   11/20/2003 10:13a 491,520 ROOT
   11/20/2003 10:13a 737,280 USR
   11/20/2003 10:17a 3,725,387 USR.TAZ
   4 File(s) 4,964,761 bytes
   2 Dir(s) 1,004,208,128 bytes free
   
   C:\minix>

5. 
   In the command window, type the command fdvol 1440 A: USR.TAZ and
   
   press Enter to write the contents of the USR archive onto three
   
   blank, formatted, 1.44 Mbyte floppy diskettes. Command and results will
   
   look similar to this:
   
   C:\minix>fdvol 1440 A: USR.TAZ
   Please insert formatted diskette #1 in drive A, then hit Enter
   Please insert formatted diskette #2 in drive A, then hit Enter
   Please insert formatted diskette #3 in drive A, then hit Enter
   Done.
   
   C:\minix>

6. 
   Affix a label and identify the floppy discs as MINIX USR files.
   

7. 
   Close the command window by typing exit, followed by a press of the
   
   Enter key.