I had the same experience, (with the computer that is kept in the
basement). It worked on my laptop though.

try 'make install'

-Deepak Rathi

sudhiras@gmail.com wrote:
> Hello all,
> I have a very interesting experience with minix 3.1.0.
>
> 1. Added new but simple printf (printf "hey guys") in sched_dmp in
> dmp_kernel.c . Made sure that it is not inside any "if" condition.
> 2. make clean (in /usr/src/tools)
> 3. make in the same directory (/usr/src/servers/is))
> 4. make hdboot (in /usr/src/tools)
> 5. reboot
>
> Interestingly, printf is not working. What I mean is after I re-build
> the image, I dont see printf printing any message that I asked it to
> print. I tried installing minix3 once again and did the above once
> again, but in vain.
>
> I appreciate any ideas/hints. plz. reply.
> thanks,
> beo.

All,

> try 'make install'

That is the right advice.

More verbosely, the IS server isn't part of the image, and 'make hdboot'
only builds and installs the image. All of the non-image components
are also installed with 'make install'.

=Ben

thank u so much abhinav,deepak,ben