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Linux for MS-DOS Filesystems release 0.1.a
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lars Wirzenius)
Thu Jan 19 13:34:05 1995
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1995 18:57:58 +0200
From: Lars Wirzenius <wirzeniu@cc.helsinki.fi>
To: linux-activists@niksula.hut.fi, linux-announce@vger.rutgers.edu
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From: ecarp@netcom.com (Ed Carp)
Subject: Linux for MS-DOS Filesystems release 0.1.a
Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest)
Keywords: Linux for MS-DOS fs
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If you forget where you got this, it's in ftp.netcom.com:/pub/ec/ecarp/linux.*
Release notes for Linux for MS-DOS filesystems
Release date: 1/14/95
Release version: 0.1.a
RESTRICTIONS
----------
This release of linux (based on the 1.1.76 kernel) has been configured for the
following hardware:
IDE HD controller
386/486 processor with or without FP
4 MB minimum RAM
13 MB minimum free HD space
No networking card
Network software
IP forwarding
SLIP/CSLIP/PLIP
No support for either networking cards or SCSI HD controllers has been compiled
in.
This release is designed to sit on to of the MS-DOS filesystem, eliminating the
need for repartitioning your hard drive. It is a minimal linux release,
and is specifically designed to support SLIP/CSLIP/PLIP connections to a
remote server. This release supports elm, smail, telnet, ftp, as well as
the usual familiar networking utilities. This release also supports irc.
INSTALLATION
------------
To install, follow these steps:
1. Download LINUX.ZIP to your system.
2. cd to \.
3. Do "pkunzip -d linux.zip"
4. Run INSTALL.BAT. This will boot linux up in single user mode.
5. When asked for a password, just hit return.
6. At the "#" prompt, type "inst". This will start up the configuration
routine. Fill in the blanks - when you are done, press CTRL-D to
configure the system and reboot with the new configuration.
7. When the system reboots to DOS, type "linux". This will bring the
system up in multiuser mode.
8. Congratulations! You are now running linux. :)
Hopefully, you're not a new linux user, because this release contains no
source code for anything, nor does it contain much in the way of basic
documentation. It does contain a minimal set of manpages, though.
If you have problems with the installation, you can email me (ecarp@netcom.com)
and I'll try to help. Unfortunately, I can't help anyone with basic linux or
UNIX questions. :(
-- Ed Carp, ecarp@netcom.com
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