From: Digestifier To: Linux-Admin@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu Reply-To: Linux-Admin@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu Date: Wed, 29 Sep 93 14:24:36 EDT Subject: Linux-Admin Digest #83 Linux-Admin Digest #83, Volume #1 Wed, 29 Sep 93 14:24:36 EDT Contents: Distribution-HOWTO-1 (very long) Re: Want to Buy Linux on 3.5 disks (SLS version)? (Bill C. Riemers) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bcr@bohr.physics.purdue.edu (Bill C. Riemers) Subject: Distribution-HOWTO-1 (very long) Re: Want to Buy Linux on 3.5 disks (SLS version)? Date: 29 Sep 93 14:23:57 GMT In article <1993Sep29.020154.14395@sun490.fdu.edu> rakesh@sun490.fdu.edu (Rakesh Narasimhan) writes: >I understand that the SLS version is available on 3.5 disks. If so >could one of you send me an email about procuring it. I need all the >utils including X, gcc, all tools, sources etc etc. From bcr@physics.Purdue.edu - - 99 00:00:00 1993 Date: 19 Sep 93 Subject: INTRODUCTION Status: RO Welcome to the DISTRIBUTION-HOWTO. The purpose of this document is to help you find a Linux distribution and a support service that meets your needs. All advertisements are related to Linux are welcome and can be mailed to bcr@physics.Purdue.edu in a message with the subject: new-listing. ORGANIZATION: This document may be read with most standard Unix mailers such as mail, mailx, and elm as a mail folder. Example: elm -f distribution-HOWTO This file is also readable with any standard text viewer. Each listing has the following header fields: From --> This is who I obtained the information in the ad from. Use "reply" to mail them directly. --> "DIS" == DISTRIBUTION, descriptions of Linux distributions that are available from multiple sources. --> "FTP" == Information on obtaining Linux files and distri- butions by FTP. Not all distributions are avail- able by FTP. --> "SUP" == Ads from companies that sell contracts to support your Linux System --> "MAI" == Ads from mail order companies that provide Linux distributions, files, manuals, or etc by mail. --> "ETC" == Ads that don't fit in any of the above categories. --> Just ignore this. Date: --> This is the date the ad was submitted. Subject: AVAILABILITY: FTP: tsx-11.mit.edu: /pub/linux/advertisments/distribution-HOWTO sunsite.unc.edu: /pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/distribution-HOWTO INTERNET NEWS: comp.os.linux.announce E-MAIL: mail bcr@physics.Purdue.edu a message which must have a subject line of Subject: distribution-HOWTO <#>. Examples: Subject: distribution-HOWTO 1 2 3 --> Sends 1, 2, and 3 Subject: distribution-HOWTO all --> Sends everything listed below CONTENTS: <#> =============================================================================== 1 bcr@physics.Purdue.edu - INTRODUCTION 2 pmacdona@sanjuan.uvic.ca DIS SLS (Softlanding Linux System) 3 imurdock@shell.portal.com DIS Debian channel created on 4 unknown DIS MCC Interim Linux 5 yggdrasil@netcom.com DIS YGGDRASIL CDROM 6 mdw@TC.Cornell.EDU FTP Linux FTP Site List 7 unknown FTP Getting MCC Interim Linux 8 lfoard@hopper.acs.virginia.edu SUP "Virtual World Information" Offers Custom Linux software. Ask if you can afford the man/woman weeks wasted waiting for MS-DOS programs. 9 info@Morse.Net SUP The Linux Support Service 10 unknown MAI LINUX+386BSD CDROM; Trans-Ameritech Trans-Ameritech presents LINUX SLS/Slackware AND 386BSD and MULTYMEDIA CDROM. A new Linux CD-ROM! Not just Linux; also 386BSD and more. 11 sales@metrolink.com MAI OSF/Motif 1.2.2; Metro Link Inc. runtime = Motif 1.2.2 with window manager, shared Motif library, demos development = runtime + shared & static libraries, UIL compiler, etc. 12 jana@jana.com MAI Linux CD-ROM bimonthly; J JANA Publishing. Once every two months you will get a CD-ROM with Linux and Linux related software, SLS, comp.os.linux.* archives, FAQ's etc, 13 nascent@netcom.com MAI Nascent Linux CDROM; Nascent Tech. has over 400 m bytes of source code, binaries, and documentation for the Linux operating system and applications. Automated scripts included. 14 unknown MAI SLS reseller; Linux System Labs 15 rjust@Delphi.com MAI Yggdrasil CD-ROM 16 nandhr1i@gmis.co.UK MAI YGGDRASIL CD-ROM and other Novatec Systems, U.K. --> based upon SLS distribution, U.K. keyboard Support will be offered in the future. 17 INMANDMK@VAX1.COMPUTER-CENTRE.BIRMINGHAM.AC.UK MAI YGGDRISIL CDROM and SLS Support and consultancy on UNIX, DOS and INTERNET available. Many other *technical* UNIX, INTERNET and USENET utilities etc available. 18 stephen@clark.net MAI Linux SLS or Slackware Linux is free and available through INTERNET and many BBS. We offer an alternative to downloading. 19 pmacdona@sanjuan.uvic.ca MAI Getting SLS on CDROM and floppy Softlanding Software, ---> The maintainers of the SLS distribution. Softlanding is also now offering support subscriptions for SLS. 20 tguez@jade.tufts.edu MAI SLS reseller; ATC ATC, Computer Science Department. --> Do not waste time downloading something that size, order it -- it's worth it. 21 yggdrasil@netcom.com MAI YGGDRASIL CDROM; Yggdrasil Yggdrasil Computing, Incorporated (yci@netcom.com) --> Plug-and-play CDROM-based Linux/GNU/X operating system including CD, floppy and manual. =============================================================================== Full BBS and FTP site listings: This infromation is ommitted from this HOWTO. See the Linux FTP and BBS List by Zane H. Healy TIPS: Read the copyright information before distributing any material for profit. Linux, GNU, and most other support software with linux is freely distributable, but there are some restrictions you should make yourself aware of. Before adding a listing or making a purchase, read the FAQ's of the misc.forsale and misc.forsale.computers.d news groups. This may help you avoid common mail-order mistakes. Advertisers in each catagory are listed in reverse order of ad size, with some exceptions. I make no attempt to endorse any particular distribution or vendor. Bill COPYRIGHT INFORMATION: See the distribution descriptions for copyright descriptions. =============================================================================== From pmacdona@sanjuan.uvic.ca - DIS 84 00:00:00 1993 Date: 21 May 93 Subject: SLS (Softlanding Linux System) Status: O The new version of SLS (Softlanding Linux System) is now available on tsx-11. Features of this upgrade include: - Network installation from 3.5" disks - Linux 99 alpha p12 - libc 4.4.1 and gcc 2.4.5 - net 2 support - XFree 386 1.3 (with shadow xlock and xdm) - Tcl/Tk (this replaces the IV libs) - rebuilt versions of idraw and doc - First cut of Windows3 API (based on Tk) - mailx - Quotas - Eric Youngdale's ELF support for SVR4 binaries - national video font support - the new mitsumi driver - ifs and loop fs - selection - clean up of man pages and duplicate binaries, etc - fixed version of bash - enhanced installation Also a set of boot time configuration options have been to the kernel, such as forcing the hard drive params (for PS/VP) and forcing the net card, and busmouse params. The install program automatically sets up lilo with these parameters at install time. Lilo now uses the root partition rather than the boot partition. The SLS install program, doinstall, now fully automates installs, including setting up swap, running "fdisk", and using "mke2fs" automatically, if you omit the parameters. The syssetup script has been extended so that it now sets up your tcpip for your hostname, ipaddr, nameserver, etc. Mail is now setup with this info, for internet based nodes. Peter =============================================================================== From imurdock@shell.portal.com - DIS 83 00:00:00 1993 Date: 21 May 93 Subject: Debian Channel Created Organization: The Debian Project Keywords: debian distribution development mail list channel Status: RO I'd like to announce the creation of the DEBIAN channel on the linux-activists mailing list. To join, send mail to linux-activists-request@niksula.hut.fi with the following as the first line of the message body: X-Mn-Admin: join DEBIAN For further instructions on using the mailing list please refer to the Linux FAQ. What is "Debian", anyway? ========================= Debian is a brand-new kind of Linux distribution. Instead of being developed by one isolated individual or group, Debian will be developed by its *users* in the tradition of the Linux kernel and other critical components of the Linux system. In this way I hope that it will eventually develop into a powerful yet flexible product just as Linux in general has done under the same development philosophy. Debian Linux is currently in ALPHA. It is not yet available in a public location; however, if you feel your contributions could include early testing and improvement, then I invite you to join the DEBIAN channel and then to mail me for the location of the distribution. Please mail me at imurdock@shell.portal.com with a subject of "request", and include in the body of the message a brief description of what you have to offer the Debian project at this early stage. If I tell you where to find Debian Linux before it is released publically, then I *will* expect you to participate. Do *not* think of this as a way to get the distribution before anyone else. I invite all interested to join the channel and become a part of the Debian project. As soon as Debian is made publically available the channel will become the center of communications for the project: bug reports, discussion concerning developing and improving the distribution and the organizational center of development in general. For the latest Debian Linux announcements, finger imurdock@sage.cc.purdue.edu. Thanks, Ian =============================================================================== From volkerdi@ftp.cdrom.com - DIS 82 00:00:00 1993 Date: 08 SEP 93 Subject: Slackware Linux distribution Status: RO Announcing version 1.0.2 of the Slackware distribution of Linux. Slackware is a full-featured distribution of the Linux operating system designed for computers with a 3.5", 1.44M boot drive. The Slackware release strives for ease of installation, and as much of the software as possible has been preconfigured - greatly increasing user "slack." These disk sets are currently available: A: Base system. E: Emacs 19.19 F: All the most current Linux related FAQ lists. (HIGHLY recommended) Q: This is sort of an alpha-stuff series that may change and/or disappear at any time. Currently it contains source for the Linux kernel .99pl13 alpha, and two .99pl13 alpha zImages, one for IDE and one for SCSI. X: XFree86 1.3 and related software. Y: Games. Currently, the standard BSD text games. SERIES A (base system) FEATURES: -- The system files that go in /bin, /etc, /dev... -- Kernel level .99pl12. -- Libraries at 4.4.1 Programming features: -- GNU make 3.62 -- BSD pmake 4.4 -- GNU rcs 5.6 -- tvgalib 1.0 (Trident card utilities) -- vgalib 1.2 (Tseng/standard VGA card utilities) -- Common LISP -- Perl 4.0pl35 -- Linux 0.99pl12 source code -- ncurses 1.7 -- GCC/G++/Obj-C 2.4.5 -- GNU debugger (gdb) 4.8 -- p2c 1.19 (Pascal to C translator) -- GNU Smalltalk 1.1.1 -- f2c (Fortran 77 to C translator) -- TCL Toolkit Editors/Text utilities: -- Selection 1.5 (Cut/paste from the screen) -- joe 1.0.8 -- jove 4.14.10 -- GNU troff 1.05 -- GNU ghostscript 2.6.1 -- ispell spell checker Networking/Mail/UUCP/News -- Taylor UUCP 1.04 -- Cnews -- Linux NET-2 (uses /conf directory in recommended fashion) -- deliver (simple mail delivery program) -- Smail 3.1.28 with tons of sample files. (Thanks goes to Ian Kluft!) -- traceroute utility -- nn 6.4.18 newsreader -- tin 1.1pl8 newsreader -- trn 2.5 newsreader -- elm 2.4pl21 -- mailx -- term 1.0.7 Other extra shells/utilities: -- tcsh 6.04 with preconfigured csh.cshrc -- Second extended fs utilities, v. 0.3 -- Time zone configuration -- DOS emulator source v. 0.49, with the libipc problem patched. -- sc spreadsheet v. 6.19 -- national (changes virtual console fonts) -- cpio 2.2 (backup utility) -- GNU diff 2.0 -- Elf binary support library and conversion utility. -- bc 1.02 (number cruncher) -- pdksh v. 4.7 (Public domain ksh) SERIES E (Emacs 19.19) FEATURES: -- This 5 disk series contains Rik Faith's port of Emacs 19.19 for Linux. -- All the LISP source and extra files are included. (Thanks Rik!) SERIES F (FAQs) FEATURES: -- Linux HOWTOs: -- Ethernet, Installation, Net-2, UUCP, and indexes/META-FAQ. -- comp.lang.c FAQ, GCC/G++ FAQ, TCL FAQ, Objective-C FAQ, Fortran FAQ. -- Linux main FAQ. -- LISP FAQ, LISP Window systems FAQ, OOP in LISP FAQ, Scheme FAQ. -- comp.lang.perl FAQ. -- Postscript FAQ. -- comp.unix.questions FAQ. -- comp.windows.X FAQ, OpenLook GUI FAQ, X on Intel FAQ. SERIES Q (Experimental stuff) FEATURES: This holds things that are currently being tested, or are alpha and are not going to be added until official versions are released. -- Linux kernel source .99pl13 alpha -- IDE zImage .99pl13 alpha -- SCSI zImage .99pl13 alpha SERIES X (X11) FEATURES: -- Complete XFree-86 1.3 binary release, including all programming utilities, libraries, include files, and the link kit. -- XS3-0.4.4 replacement X server for S3 based cards. -- monochrome and color xterms. -- OpenLook Window Manager -- libgr 1.2 graphics library. -- Simplified X windows setup procedures from the TAMU Linux release. -- PEX extentions package -- Slingshot/UIT examples. -- Interviews 3.1 idraw and doc. -- GNU chess 4.00pl62 with xboard 2.1pl11 -- XV 3.00 Shareware image/document viewer -- Lots, and lots more! SERIES Y (Games [yaaaaahhhhhoooo?]) FEATURES: -- Curtis Olson and Andy Tefft ported all the BSD text games and put them in a collection on sunsite. Here it is again! This package also fixes your /etc/profile and/or /etc/csh.cshrc to give users a 'fortune' when they log in. The Slackware Linux release can be found on ftp.cdrom.com in directory /pub/linux/slackware. All of the disks except for the bootdisk are also available as zoo archives in /pub/linux/slackware/zooed_disks. These will be kept up to date. Enjoy! --- Patrick Volkerding volkerdi@ftp.cdrom.com volkerdi@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu From unknown - DIS 81 00:00:00 1993 Date: 21 May 93 Subject: MCC Interim Linux Status: RO Introduction ************ The MCC interim versions of Linux are designed to allow people who are not Unix experts to install a version of the Linux operating system on a PC. The installed system should be self-contained, but easy to extend. What are the MCC interim versions of Linux? =========================================== When Linux version 0.10 first appeared in the autumn of 1991, it was released by Linus Torvalds as a pair of floppy disks, known as the "boot" and "root" disks. Linus himself released several utilities which did not fit on these disks. Eventually quite a number of contributions were available. Software distribution was rather chaotic, and you needed a lot of effort to collect a complete base system. The Manchester Computing Centre (MCC) is a part of the University of Manchester, supporting computing at the University, at UMIST (the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology), and at several other British universities. We began to make Linux available by anonymous ftp in November 1991, and we released the first MCC interim version of Linux (version 0.12+) the following February. This version made use of ramdisk code written by Theodore Ts'o to mount a virtual root disk at boot time from the kernel floppy. (This type of distribution was used earlier by Andrew Tannenbaum to distribute his operating system MINIX.) With version 0.99p8+, we abandoned the ramdisk-as-root and adopted a combined bootable root disk. The first combined root disk was created by H J Lu (who made essential use of Werner Almesberger's LILO software). Unlike H J's bootable root disk, the MCC disk does not contain an executable shell. Very shortly after the first MCC interim version of Linux appeared, other people released similar versions: Dave Safford's TAMU releases and Martin Junius's MJ versions were eventually followed by Peter Macdonald's massive, comprehensive SLS releases and H J Lu's small base systems. What distinguishes the MCC versions from these others? Since its first release, MCC interim Linux has included basic utilities, the GNU C compiler, and the sources to the current kernel release. The software included in MCC distributions comes from a wide variety of sources, but we try to make sources to all of it available, though not as part of the distribution. MCC interim versions aim to provide a stable base system, which can be installed in a short time, and to which other software can be added with relatively little effort. Every binary file in an MCC distribution has been compiled under that version of the kernel, by that version of `gcc', is linked with that version of the libraries, and has been tested to some extent. The only exception to this is the GNU C compiler and libraries, which we take directly from H J Lu's distribution. We install this version of Linux on small 386-SX machines for our C and Unix courses, and we need to be able to install it on twelve machines in about one hour. We also distribute this version of Linux to our clients in Manchester. We make no attempt to include a wide variety of packages, or large packages such as X386. The emacs and info packages were added to MCC interim Linux only because we have been using them for our courses. People who want a distribution which contains nearly everything should get the SLS versions, which are about five times the size of MCC, and quite comprehensive. Our versions are called "interim" because they are not intended to be final or official. They are small, harmonious, and moderately tested. They do not conform to everyone's taste -- what release does? -- but they should provide a stable base to which other software can be added. This version of Linux is prepared to allow you to upgrade an existing system, as well as to install a complete new system. The limitations are mainly that partitions must contain minix or ext2 file systems: ext and xiafs file systems are not supported in the installation, though they can be mounted from the installed system with no difficulty. Upgrading an old system looks just like installing a new system, except that you don't need to run `mkswap' and `mkfs' before installing. Instead you should run `fsck', which you can do from the boot disk. Old binaries are deleted, except for some old libraries, which may be required by programs which you have acquired from somewhere else. Text files, especially the configuration files in `/etc', are more of a problem. We don't want to throw away the old files, which you may have spent some considerable time polishing, but we must install new configuration files, or else the system may not boot properly, or may work badly if it boots at all. For this reason, the installation creates a special directory named `/backupdirs'. In this directory it creates subdirectories such as `etc', `etc/lilo', `root', and `home/user'. Any old configuration files which might be overwritten during the upgrade are moved to these directories before the new files are installed. After installation, you may cautiously compare the new files with the old ones, and incorporate your personal preferences into the new files. You must be particularly careful with files such as `/etc/inittab' or `/etc/rc', since mistakes in these may prevent the system from booting, or cause serious problems while the system is running. It is a good idea to read the man pages for `init' and `inittab' before making any changes to these files. A number of other `rc' files are created in `/etc' during the installation; these are described to some extent in `/etc/inittab'. See README.adapt Copyright and conditions of distribution ======================================== Software today comes under a wide variety of copyright restrictions, and it is important to know what conditions apply to the software you use. The software in MCC interim versions of Linux, and other software which can be added to it, is copyrighted in a variety of ways. In general, all of it is available to be used by anyone, and the source to all of it is available as well. If you intend to use Linux or any of its parts for commercial purposes, you should get the source files and read the copyrights contained in them. (A list of the sources can be found in Acknowledgments.) Most Linux software falls under one of the following categories: GNU copyleft The GNU General Public License applies to the Linux kernel, to the GNU C and C++ compilers, to all utilities distributed by the Free Software Foundation, and to many contributed utilities. This copyright, also known as a copyleft, is designed to ensure that the source to software is available, and that you can give away or sell copies of the source and of compiled binaries. There is no warranty, but you are obliged to notify anyone of any changes which you have made to the original. You are obliged to publish on each copy an appropriate copyright notice and a disclaimer of warranty. Works derived from copylefted works must be released under the same terms. The terms are specified in the GNU General Public License, which is available by anonymous ftp. See README.ftp GNU library license The GNU library license applies to the GNU C++ library and to all works that must be linked with this library. This allows commercial binaries to be supplied in an unlinked form, so that purchasers can link the binaries with other versions of the library. BSD copyright The BSD copyright applies to all source from the University of California at Berkeley. Source may be reused freely, but it should contain a notice to the effect that all or part of the software was developed by the University of California at Berkeley. Moreover, the name of the University may not be used to endorse or promote such products. MIT copyright The X Window System, version 11, is copyrighted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and `X Window System' is a trademark owned by MIT. Most of the source for this software was developed by the MIT X Consortium, and is covered by the MIT copyright. This is similar to the BSD copyright in permitting free commercial use of MIT code, subject to the inclusion of similar notices giving credit for any MIT code used in the final product. Public domain software Some programs in this distribution are in the public domain. They have no copyright attached and can be used in any way without any obligation or restriction. =============================================================================== From yggdrasil@netcom.com - DIS 80 00:00:00 1993 Date: 19 Sep 93 Subject: YGGDRASIL CDROM Status: O THE YGGDRASIL LINUX/GNU/X OPERATING SYSTEM DISTRIBUTION BETA CDROM >Bill--the LGX production release is going to ship in ~2 weeks. (The CD is >being cut now.) I will send you new product e-literature soon. CONTENTS: Executive summary Contents of the beta release How to get more information Hardware requirements EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 18 February 1993 Yggdrasil Computing, Incorporated is now shipping a beta CDROM release of a bootable Linux/GNU/X-based UNIX(R) clone for PC compatibles, tentatively named LGX. The system uses version 0.99.5 of the Linux kernel, which is being developed from scratch by Linus Torvalds and an international group of skilled contributors working over the internet to complete the GNU project. LGX beta is the first PC UNIX(R) clone to include multimedia facilities as part of its base configuration. The beta release also features X-windows, networking, a complete source tree (including X windows and TeX), a demonstration facility, an easy installation mechanism, and the ability to run directly from the CDROM. Some of the otherwise unused space on the CDROM has been used to distribute other interesting software. On the beta release, this space holds a copy of the X11R5 MIT contrib tree with an updated version of the Andrew multimedia system. Future releases will include different things in the otherwise unused CDROM space. The LGX beta CDROM is in standard ISO-9660 format with Rockridge extensions, so it can easily be browsed from other types of computers or other operating systems. CONTENTS OF THE BETA RELEASE Almost every piece of software on the distribution has been updated since the previous December 8th alpha release. The 34,557 files on this plug-and-play CDROM include: SOURCE CODE o Complete source tree, including X (with Xfree86 1.1 code) and TeX sources. You cannot yet do a complete build from the top of this tree, but you should be able to easily find the source code for any binary on the CD. o SPECIAL FOR THE BETA RELEASE: the complete X11R5 MIT contrib tree with the Andrew 5.0 tree replaced by a snapshot of an Andrew 5.1 tree in the process of being ported to Linux (this is not automatically installed as part of any installation, but it makes the CD useful for reference even after the beta release has been superseded), USER INTERFACE FACILITIES: X-WINDOWS AND MULTIMEDIA o X windows (X11R5) for S3, 8514/A and VGA displays using ET4000, ET3000, Paradise, Trident 8900c, Genoa, or ATI VGA Wonder chipsets. (NOTE: due to trade secrecy Diamond Stealth is not supported), o The full motion video (MPEG) viewer from Professor Larry Rowe's research group at UC Berkeley. o Sound players and Hannu Savolainen's drivers for the AdLib, SoundBlaster 1.0-2.0 (and compatibles including ThunderBoard and Ati Stereo F/X), SoundBlaster Pro, and ProAudioSpectrum 16. (ProAudioSpectrum+ is not supported yet. The original ProAudioSpectrum is not supported nor is it likely to be supported the near future.) o CD audio support, o Tcl, Tk, wish and expect. Tcl is a scripting language ("tool command language") written by Professor John Ousterhout at UC Berkeley. Tk is a toolkit that allows one to quickly write X-windows programs in Tcl. Wish is a Tk/Tcl interpretter. The beta distribution includes versions of wish with support for "drag and drop" applications, and compound documents and hypertext. Expect is a system written in Tcl by Don Libes that "performs programmed dialogue with other interactive programs." ETHERNET NETWORKING: TCP/IP and NFS o simple installation script, o clients: finger, ftp, nslookup and its cousins, ping, rcp, rlogin, rsh, talk, telnet, tftp. o daemons: fingerd, ftpd, inetd, ntalkd, rshd, telnetd, tftpd, o name server support, o ethernet card drivers which support the following cards and their clones: - 3Com 3c503, 3c503/16 - NE1000, NE2000, National Semiconductor, Cabletron - Western Digital WD8003, WD8013, SMC elite - Western Digital wd8003/wd8013 o user-level NFS daemon, o support for mounting NFS filesystems, SYSTEM V/SCO-RELATED FEATURES o System V primitives for interprocess communication and shared memory, o the Xenix file system support, o MS-DOS filesystem (usable on both floppy disks and hard disk partitions), o a BIOS emulator that can run DOS, DOCUMENT PREPARATION o ghostscript: a postscript interpretter for X windows, faxes and a variety of printers, o TeX and groff typesetting packages with X previewers, DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT o elvis and GNU emacs text editors, o the standard Xlib/Xt X windows libraries, o the GNU C and C++ compilers o f2c FORTRAN-to-C translator, o GNU debugger o GNU make, o bison and flex FILESYSTEMS o a BSD-like filesystem with long file names, symbolic links, and FIFO's, o iso9660 CDROM filesystem, plus Rockridge support, o MINIX filesystem, o DOS and Xenix fileystems (mentioned above) MISCELLANEOUS o Support for the Sony CDU31A (non-scsi) CDROM drive, o kermit and Z-modem telecommunications programs. HOW TO GET MORE INFORMATION The anonymous FTP area netcom.com:pub/yggdrasil contains more information, including an "ls -RC" listing of the CD's contents, reseller information, and copies of the manual in texinfo, DVI and postscript. If you want to view the DVI version of the manual with xdvi, you can go to the table of contents with the command "84g". If you have questions, you can call (510) 526-7531, fax (510) 528-8508, or send mail to yggdrasil@netcom.com. REQUIRED HARDWARE CPU: Any 386/486-class CPU BUS: Any ISA, EISA or localbus PC compatible. Sorry, no microchannel (no IBM PS/2's). RAM: 8 megabytes CDROM drive (only required for installation): Sony CDU-31A with its standard controller, or a SCSI CDROM drive attached to one of the following controllers. Adaptec 1542B or 1740 Future Domain TMC-1660 or TMC-1680 Ultrastor 14F or 34F Western Digital 7000fasst HARD DISK SPACE LGX can share your hard disk with DOS or another operating system. The beta release can be configured to use approximately 5MB (by running system programs directly from the CDROM), 100MB (source tree remains on the CDROM), 250MB (everything is installed on the hard disk). You can use MFM, RLL, IDE, ESDI or SCSI hard disks. If you use a SCSI hard disk, then you have to use one of the SCSI controllers listed above or a Seagate ST-01, ST-02, Future Domain TMC-88x series or other SCSI controller based on the Future Domain TMC-950 chip for your hard disk only, but you cannot use these additional cards to control a CDROM drive. SUPPORTED HARDWARE ETHERNET CARDS - 3Com 3c503, 3c503/16 - NE1000, NE2000, National Semiconductor, Cabletron - Western Digital WD8003, WD8013, SMC elite - Western Digital wd8003/wd8013 SOUND CARDS - AdLib - SoundBlaster 1.0-2.0 (and compatibles including ThunderBoard and Ati Stereo F/X) - SoundBlaster Pro, - ProAudioSpectrum 16. (ProAudioSpectrum+ is not supported yet. The original ProAudioSpectrum is not supported nor is it likely to be supported the near future.) MULTIPORT SERIAL CARDS - AST Fourport - Accent Async 4 driver is included, but not compiled in. You cannot currently use an Ultrastor SCSI controller with the Accent Async 4 drive compiled in. UNIX is a registered trademark of Unix System Laboratories, Inc. Yggdrasil Computing, Incorporated has no affiliation with Unix System Laboratories, Inc. =============================================================================== From mdw@TC.Cornell.EDU - FTP 61 00:00:00 1993 Subject: Linux FTP Site List Referance: Linux Installation and Getting Started, by Matt Welsh Status: O Table C.1 is a listing of the most well-known FTP archive sites which carry the Linux software. Keep in mind that many other sites mirror these, and more than likely you'll run into Linux on a number of sites not on this list. tsx-11.mit.edu, sunsite.unc.edu, and nic.funet.fi are the "home sites" for the Linux software, where most of the new soft- ware is uploaded. Most of the other sites on the list mirror some combination of these three. To reduce network traffic, choose a site which is geographically closest to you. Site name IP Address Directory =================================== ==================== ==================== tsx-11.mit.edu 18.172.1.2 /pub/linux sunsite.unc.edu 152.2.22.81 /pub/Linux nic.funet.fi 128.214.6.100 /pub/OS/Linux ftp.mcc.ac.uk 130.88.200.7 /pub/linux fgb1.fgb.mw.tu-muenchen.de 129.187.200.1 /pub/linux ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de 131.159.0.110 /pub/Linux ftp.dfv.rwth-aachen.de 137.226.4.105 /pub/linux ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de 137.226.112.172 /pub/Linux ftp.ibp.fr 132.227.60.2 /pub/linux kirk.bu.oz.au 131.244.1.1 /pub/OS/Linux ftp.uu.net 137.39.1.9 /systems/unix/linux wuarchive.wustl.edu 128.252.135.4 /systems/linux ftp.win.tue.nl 131.155.70.100 /pub/linux ftp.stack.urc.tue.nl 131.155.2.71 /pub/linux ftp.ibr.cs.tu-bs.de 134.169.34.15 /pub/os/linux ftp.denet.dk 129.142.6.74 /pub/OS/linux Table C.1: Linux FTP Sites =============================================================================== From unknown Date: 21 May 93 Subject: Getting MCC Interim Linux Status: O There are two ways at present by which you can get a copy of MCC interim versions of Linux: by anonymous ftp, and by visiting MCC. The latter method is available as a service only for students and members of staff of the University of Manchester and of UMIST. Getting MCC interim Linux by anonymous ftp ========================================== MCC interim versions of Linux are released on ftp.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.203.12] in the directory `/pub/linux/mcc-interim'. In this directory there are subdirectories `dos-utils', which contains some commands which you may need if you install Linux from DOS, `0.99.p10+', which contains the current release, and `old', which contains one or more older releases. The current MCC release is also available from sunsite.unc.edu [152.2.22.81] in the directory `/pub/Linux/distributions/MCC', and also from nic.funet.fi [128.214.6.100] in `/pub/OS/Linux/images/MCC-interim'. Other sites sometimes maintain mirrors of the current MCC distribution. The directory `0.99.p10+' contains the current `README' files and the file `BUGS+WARNINGS', which contain important information. (The contents of all of these files have been incorporated into the present document.) It also contains the following subdirectories: `images' This contains the gzipped image of the bootable root disk. `gzip' is the GNU compression utility. `packages' This contains the packages which are optional parts of the MCC interim distribution. `extra_kernels' This contains additional kernels which may be installed as if they were packages. You should not install more than one of these kernels. They contain no support for SCSI or XT disks, and one of them contain no support for NFS or networking. All three MCC kernels contain maths coprocessor emulation code, and support for IDE hard disks and for the minix, ext2, msdos, and proc file systems. boot SCSI, XT, NFS, networking. ide No SCSI, no XT, no NFS, no networking. ipide No SCSI, no XT, networking and NFS support. `extra_packages' This contains packages which for one reason or another have a secondary status. emacs, elisp contain a cut-down version of the `emacs' editor, which we use in our courses at the Computer Centre. A more complete version, which is compiled with support for X windows, is available by anonymous ftp. locinf contains info files which I did not wish to include in the main distribution; these describe `gcc' and how to port it, `cpp', some of the odder parts of `emacs', and other subjects. manpages contains unformatted manual pages. The formatted pages are all that most people need, and they are already contained in the other packages. maps contains the available keyboard maps. It is not needed for US or for UK keyboard maps, which are included in the base package on the root disk. patches contains the patches which, when applied to the corresponding source files, produce the sources compiled in the current release. `source_files' This contains the source files which were used to compile all binaries in the current distribution. After you decide what you need, you may transfer those files in binary mode to any machine which supports ftp. The bootable root disk must be gunzipped and copied to a high density floppy disk, either 3.5 inch 1.44 Mb or 5.25 inch 1.2 Mb, of the sort which can be used to boot the PC on which you intend to install or upgrade Linux. If you have a Linux system which you are upgrading, you may put a formatted floppy into your 0 drive (which DOS calls `A:') and give these commands: fdformat /dev/fd0H1440 (for 3.5 inch disks) fdformat /dev/fd0h1200 (for 5.25 inch disks) gunzip boot-uk.z dd if=boot-uk of=/dev/fd0 bs=18432 (for 3.5 inch disks) dd if=boot-uk of=/dev/fd0 bs=15360 (for 5.25 inch disks) If you are installing Linux on a machine which already contains a version of Linux, you may wish to put the MCC packages in a directory in the existing file system. MCC interim versions at present support only the minix and ext2 file systems. The kernel will not allow you to mount older ext or xiafs file systems. The packages you wish to install should be in a single directory, and they must have the same file names (in lower case) as they do in the MCC distribution directory. You may put all the packages in a DOS directory on the same machine, or you may copy them to floppies. The MCC interim distribution prefers DOS-format floppies, though minix or ext2 floppies will work as well. DOS format floppies will hold more, and will not produce spurious error messages during installation. If you are installing from DOS, you need commands which will gunzip the disk image and copy it to a disk. The commands `GZIP.EXE', `RAWRITE.EXE', and `RAWRITE3.COM' can be found at `ftp.mcc.ac.uk' in the directory `/pub/linux/mcc-interim/dos-utils'. Transfer `GZIPxxx.EXE' and one of the `RAWRITE' commands in binary mode. (The version number `xxx' is currently 123.) The command `GZIPxxx.EXE' is a self-unpacking archive, which creates `GZIP.EXE' and a documentation file. Documentation for the two `RAWRITE' commands can be found in the `dos-utils' directory with the commands; you should normally transfer documentation files in text mode. After unpacking `GZIP.EXE', you should give the following commands: FORMAT A: GZIP -D BOOT.GZ RAWRITE Enter source file name: BOOT Enter destination drive: A: Please insert a formatted diskette into drive A: and press -ENTER- : The program `RAWRITE3' is screen-oriented, and may work rather faster than the older `RAWRITE'. If you are installing Linux on a system which already contains a DOS partition, you may find it convenient to put MCC packages in a single directory on that partition. You can also copy them to DOS format floppies. As explained above, the file names must be the same as in the `packages' directory, though under DOS they will, of course, be in upper-case. If you get all packages, they will fit on floppies as follows: 3.5 inch high density floppies: disk 1 base, flex, gpp disk 2 bison, gccb, info disk 3 gcca, gdb, gprof, kermit, tcpip disk 4 gawk, groff, linux, tar 5.25 inch high density floppies: disk 1 base, info, tar disk 2 bison, gcca, groff disk 3 gawk, gccb, gdb disk 4 gpp, kermit, tcpip disk 5 flex, gprof, linux In the latter case, the final disk contains enough space for one of the extra kernels, or for anything else you wish. In either case the maps package fits on the final disk as well. If you wish to get all of the extra packages and kernels, you can fit them on floppies like this: 3.5 inch high density floppies: disk 1 base, gawk, gpp disk 2 elisp, gcca, tar disk 3 gccb, info, patches disk 4 groff, linux disk 5 bison, emacs, flex, gdb disk 6 locinf, manpages, tcpip disk 7 gprof, ide, ipide, kermit, maps 5.25 inch high density floppies: disk 1 base, info, tar disk 2 bison, gcca, groff disk 3 gawk, gccb, gdb disk 4 gprof, linux disk 5 gpp, kermit, ipide disk 6 elisp, flex, tcpip disk 7 emacs, ide, maps disk 8 locinf, manpages, patches This system allows you to create your own packages, which can be installed along with mine. They must be gzipped tar files with the extension `.tgz'. Each package is unzipped and untarred in the root directory. If it contains files `install.setup' and `install.clean', these are executed as shell scripts respectively before and after untarring the archive. If you wish, you may include a file `install.info', which is copied to the screen during installation. The MCC packages all contain a file filename`.crc', which must have the same basename as the `.tgz' file, and which has been generated with the command `brik -Gb'. If such a file exists, the installation uses it to verify the included checksums after `install.clean' is executed. You may omit any packages you wish. Obviously, you cannot recompile the kernel unless you also install gcca and gccb. Bison, flex, gdb, gpp, and gprof are also of little use unless gcca and gccb are installed. The default kernel in the boot disk contain all SCSI disk drivers and XT disk drivers in the kernel as distributed by Linus Torvalds, as well as networking, NFS, and kernel maths coprocessor emulation. It is also possible to install MCC interim packages from a directory on a remote machine which can be mounted on your Linux system using NFS. To do this, you must have a supported Ethernet card. You must already have networking software installed and configured. If necessary, you can install the base and tcpip packages from a floppy disk, get the networking software working, and then install other packages. Getting MCC interim Linux from the MCC shop =========================================== MCC interim Linux is available from the MCC shop to members of the University of Manchester and of UMIST. You can buy a set of diskettes containing the bootable root disk, all the packages, and the two optional kernels with no SCSI support. See above in this file, where these optional kernels are described. 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