[284] in NetBSD-Development
Re: now, to fill the room..
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Kohl)
Tue Dec 20 17:45:19 1994
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 1994 17:45:01 -0500
From: John Kohl <jtk@atria.com>
To: netbsd-dev@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <9412202122.AA12168@deathtongue.MIT.EDU> (abbe@MIT.EDU)
Here's a list I started putting together of topics to cover. This is by
no means complete, and not in a suitable order for a syllabus. Feel
free to rearrange to a suitable order, add/delete topics you feel are
missing/don't belong.
==John
pitfalls of install:
disk partitioning
multi-disk booting, multi-OS boot blocks
ms-dos fs
how much disk space you need, using FIPS.EXE, ...
what hardware it runs on.
kernel config: what options, why (mouse, etc), proc, kern, etc.
pcvt vs. pccons
disk driver info
XFree86 & X11R6: getting, installing
network setup:
MITnet, ResNet, PPP/bluebox, SLIP, and/or general
name daemon configurations
where to get distribution, what packages are available
local "hacked" source tree in /afs/sipb/project/netbsd
support:
NetBSD mailing lists (current-users, port-xxx, ...)
MIT local lists
system is targeted at hacker
athena/sipb additions, setup
printer setup: print filters, local printing
PostScript output on non-PS printers (ghostscript)
printing to Athena printers
