[3656] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: Doc out of date
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathon Weiss)
Sun Mar 17 17:23:35 2002
Message-Id: <200203172223.RAA03898@bearing-an-hourglass.mit.edu>
From: Jonathon Weiss <jweiss@MIT.EDU>
To: John Hawkinson <jhawk@MIT.EDU>
cc: linux-dev@MIT.EDU, Richard Tibbetts <tibbetts@MIT.EDU>
In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 16 Mar 2002 22:43:11 EST."
<20020317034311.GR8045@multics.mit.edu>
Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 17:23:30 -0500
> Does no one care about this?
>
> Does no one on linux-dev consider themselves responsible?
Actually, I've been considering removing myself from linux-dev, since
I only got added to kick the 8.4 installer out the door.
> Beyond that, it sure seems to me that /afs/sipb/project/doc/ilinux is
> in sore need of a reorg.
Yup, looks pretty disgusting to me too, but I don't really care.
> In any event, I propose this patch.
I don't like your patch. It implies that users must perform this step
manually, and I think it has a good chance of confusing users,
especially if they happen to leave their machine up overnight before
gettign to this step. Here is my counter-proposal, barring
objectiosn, I hope toinstall it tomorrow.
Then I'll think about taking myself off linux-dev again.
(The word 'up' is removed, mostly becuase that keeps the document from
overflowing onto a third page.)
Jonathon
--- rh-net-install.tex Thu Jul 5 20:14:05 2001
+++ jweiss.tex Sun Mar 17 17:20:02 2002
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@
\begin{center}
{\huge Installing Linux-Athena -- SIPB Installer} \\
-{\Large Redhat 6.2/Athena 8.4}
+{\Large Redhat 6.2/Athena 8.4\footnote{If a machine is left up overnight,
+with no one logged in, it should automatically update itself
+to Redhat 7.1/Athena 9.0. If you want your machine to take this
+update immediately. you can run ``{\tt /etc/athena/update\_ws 9.0}''.}}
\end{center}
You may have used the Linux-Athena workstations deployed in many
@@ -168,7 +171,7 @@
the X based installer. If not, it'll fall back to the text mode one
(if it doesn't do this correctly for you, you can force the installer
to run in text mode, by starting over, and typing {\tt text} at the very
-first prompt that you are given, when the system boots up).
+first prompt that you are given, when the system boots).
\item One of the questions you'll be asked about is if you want to
register your workstation with Information Systems. To learn more
@@ -187,6 +190,7 @@
syscontrol control/control-8.4 8.4
sysprefix /afs/athena.mit.edu/system/rhlinux
syscontrol control/control-8.3 8.3
+ syscontrol control/control-9.0 9.0
\end{verbatim}
(this takes a few hours to update, so don't expect to see it right away).
