[2902] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: Added several people to linux-dev in Athena and SIPB
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derek Atkins)
Sat Aug 19 19:51:08 2000
To: amu@MIT.EDU (Aaron M. Ucko)
Cc: Sam Hartman <hartmans@MIT.EDU>, linux-dev@MIT.EDU, sipb-acl@MIT.EDU,
cfox@MIT.EDU, zacheiss@MIT.EDU, kcr@MIT.EDU, tibbetts@MIT.EDU
From: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Date: 19 Aug 2000 19:50:29 -0400
In-Reply-To: amu@MIT.EDU's message of "19 Aug 2000 17:08:49 -0400"
I have no objections.. I have no idea how different the 6.2 installer
is from the 5.2 installer. You may wish to look at the old 5.2
installer which is at /mit/linux/devel/redhat/5.2/install/install.
Hopefully that might provide _some_ guidance.
Good Luck,
-derek
amu@MIT.EDU (Aaron M. Ucko) writes:
> Sam Hartman <hartmans@MIT.EDU> writes:
>
> > I added zacheiss, kcr, tibbetts, cfox and myself to system:linux-dev
> > -c sipb and to linux-dev in Moira. ghudson said this was OK,
> > representing linux-dev.
> >
> > We are working on adapting the Redhat 6.2 installer to work to set up
> > Athena workstations. This will work better for dual-boot systems and
> > for systems with unsupported hardware than the IS installer. Details
> > of our success or failure to come shortly or at least by the end of
> > the evening.
> >
> > If people from linux-dev strongly object then and form a consensus we
> > should not work within the context of linux-dev we can do somewhere
> > else. If SIPB believes this will be a bad idea, then it doesn't have
> > to happen. Obviously we will get more input before releasing
> > something.
>
> For the record, I have absolutely no objection to your plan. Good luck.
>
> --
> Aaron M. Ucko, KB1CJC <amu@mit.edu> (finger amu@monk.mit.edu)
--
Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB)
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