As far as I'm aware, the best place to start for Minix documentation is here:

http://www.minix3.org/doc/

Good luck!

Ben

On 2007-01-29, yueyu wrote:
> Hi,
> After several days study, I've installed Minix 3 in my virtual
> machines and I've downloaded all codes to have a glance. I'm really
> interested in this true micro-kernel operating system and really want
> to use it/test it/contribute something on it.
> But the things trouble me is that I couldn't find any manual,either
> user manual or development manual. Since I'm in China, what I can buy
> is the translated OSDI,2nd edition. Since Minix 3 is re-designed a
> lot, I'm afraid I couldn't use that book. And I've learned OS when I
> was in university, I just wanner use Minix 3 to understand those
> principles I learned more deeply and I may try to modify these codes
> or to expand it.
> Another thing to excite me is Minix's natural ability to be a
> distributed operating system. Current PC is powerful enough to try
> it, I guess.
> So can someone help me to find some useful manual on Minix3? I
> really appreciate any helps, thanks in advance.
>