[1782] in SIPB_Linux_Development
RedHat-Athena Linux 4.2 beta testers wanted
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derek Atkins)
Wed Aug 27 17:07:23 1997
To: sipb-office@MIT.EDU, cfyi@MIT.EDU, chris@MIT.EDU, tytso@MIT.EDU,
hoffmann@MIT.EDU
Cc: linux-dev@MIT.EDU
From: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Date: 27 Aug 1997 17:07:01 -0400
We're just about ready with the RedHat-Athena LInux 4.2 release, and
we're looking for beta testers. This release will buy you:
* Linux 2.0.30 -- Fixes a number of problems including the
oversize ping problem and SYN flooding attacks.
* Many security fixes in the Linux and Athena utilities
* Better distinctions between client and server configurations
* More installation configuration choices, including using
an SRVD configuration for /usr/athena
* Updated AFS to 3.3a (the old release was AFS 3.3)
* Updated kerberos (using the most recent CNS release)
* Updated emacs to 19.34
* partially-networked hosts should deal better
* better integration of athena with PPP and PCMCIA networking
To install RedHat-Athena 4.2, you will need to use the new images:
athena% attach linux
athena% cd /mit/linux/devel/redhat/install/bootdisks/images
athena% dd if=boot.img of=<floppy> bs=18k conv=sync
If you're using PCMCIA, you'll also need the supp.img disk from the
same directory.
Follow the instructions for installing Linux from the "Installing
RedHat-Athena Linux on MITNet" document. Please send any questions,
comments, problems, concerns, etc. to linux-dev@mit.edu. Also, if you
do try this installation, please let linux-dev know so we can keep a
count on the users.
Thanks!!!!
-derek
NOTE: Updgrading a machine from RedHat-Athena 4.0 to RedHat-Athena 4.2
has _NOT_ been tested. It may work, it may not work. We don't know.
If you try it, please be warned that your Athena configurations may be
lost. However, if you do try it, please let us know how it worked (or
didn't work, as the case may be ;)
--
Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB)
URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/ PP-ASEL N1NWH
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