[2661] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: Announcing the Linux-Athena 5.2 public beta test
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derek Atkins)
Thu Feb 18 15:30:50 1999
To: Salvatore Valente <svalente@MIT.EDU>
Cc: linux-dev@MIT.EDU
From: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Date: 18 Feb 1999 15:29:29 -0500
In-Reply-To: Salvatore Valente's message of Thu, 18 Feb 1999 15:09:41 -0500
We should make sure the documentation mentions to use 'athena-boot.img'
and 'athena-supp.img'
-derek
Salvatore Valente <svalente@MIT.EDU> writes:
>
>
> Announcing the Linux-Athena 5.2 public beta test
>
> SIPB and linux-dev are proud to announce that the Linux-Athena 5.2
> distribution is now available.
>
> The spiffy new features of this system include:
>
> - Based on RedHat Linux 5.2, which uses the spiffy thread-safe glibc
> (i.e. libc 6) shared library.
>
> - Based on Athena 8.2, which has spiffy security features like krb5
> and an ssh client and server.
>
> - New versions of tons of Linux and Athena software.
>
> This is a public beta test release, which means that the documentation
> may be incomplete and the software may not be as well-tested as
> Linux-Athena 4.2.
>
> If you want to use this system, we recommend that you do a fresh new
> install of your computer. It may be possible to upgrade a system from
> Linux-Athena 4.2 to Linux-Athena 5.2, but we do not support this and
> we do not recommend it.
>
> The instructions on how to install Linux-Athena 5.2 can be viewed with
> the command:
> xdvi /afs/sipb.mit.edu/project/doc/current/linux-athena.dvi
> They can be printed with the command:
> dvips /afs/sipb.mit.edu/project/doc/current/linux-athena.dvi
>
> Or, you can go to the SIPB office (W20-575) and pick up a copy of
> "Installing RedHat-Athena Linux".
>
> If you have any questions about the system, the documentation at
> http://web.mit.edu/linux/www may be helpful. Or, you can send email
> to linux-help@mit.edu.
>
> Have a nice day,
> Sal Valente <svalente@mit.edu>
> MIT SIPB
--
Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
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