The Linux kernel doesn't support the new version of Minix filesystem. So, I have made up
2 patches (one for 2.4.x and another for 2.6.x.y) and I have submitted them (with my real identity) to the comp.os.minix group:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.minix?lnk=srg
I encourage you to apply them. They are fully functional and I wait to receive feedbak before posting them into the linux-kernel mailing list. You can get a better glance of Minix if you can mount the partition on Linux. This is the purpose of theese patches.