I am familiar with Windows and unfamiliar with Minix. So, I hope to develop under Windows. There is a problem we must solute: How commuicate between Windows and Minix. One of the solutions is communicate with ftp:
Connect to internet on Minix: In the process of setupping, we chosse the AMD (on VMware) as our network card.
With the netwark configure on VMware, we choose NAT.
Then, I set up ftp server under my Windows OS by serve-U.