[884] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Slide comments:
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (jered@MIT.EDU)
Sun Jan 8 14:20:38 1995
From: jered@MIT.EDU
Date: Sun, 8 Jan 1995 14:20:25 +0500
To: linux-dev@MIT.EDU
Cc: ghudson@MIT.EDU
On slide 2:
I object to "A free operating system for Intel processors".
Linux boots on DEC Alphas, and support is also in for sun4c and sun4m
architechtures.
On slide 5:
Last point, archive should be 'archives'.
On slide 6:
'...from /mit/linux/slackware/Slackware.2.0.2/bootdsks.144...'
Since the current Slackware version is 2.1, I suggest changing this
to '/mit/linux/slackware/Slackware.x.x.x/bootdsks.144...where x.x.x is
the Slackware distribution number. The current distribution version is
2.1.'
By this point you have mentioned IP addresses, but not mentioned that
your should get this from your RCC.
'Because new versions of DOS keep a seperate a seperate copy of the
disk's partition table....create your partitions with DOS fdisk...'
Uhh..I have seen nothing about this, and everything that I have read
has stated to use DOS fdisk for dos partitions, Linux fdisk for Linux
partitions, OS/2 fdisk for OS/2 partitions, etc. Could you provide a
source.
On slide 7:
To retrieve the packages, you tell people to ftp and log in. However,
AFAIK, ftp is not kerberized, so their Athena passwd is sent cleartext
over the net. For some people, this is a Bad Thing(tm). I know that
there's a safer way to get the packages, but I can't remember it. Anyone?
On slide 8:
Mention that /etc/athena/login/config will probably have to be changed
to point to the proper executables.
On slide 10:
I think that Linux-AFS 1.1.72 with Linux 1.1.73 (or Linux 1.1.76 with
Linux-AFS 1.1.76, but that's for_testers right now.) is the most stable.
Mention adding rc.afs to rc.local.
Perhaps you might mention AFS tweaks for low memory conditions.
On slide 11:
'However, Linux-AFS support most new device drivers are only available
in development kernels,...' does not parse. Perhaps, 'Linux-AFS, and
support for most new device drivers are only available...'
'make depend; make'. This should be:
make dep
make clean
make zImage | make zlilo | make zdisk
In the case of make zdisk, you want to 'rdev -R /dev/fd0 1'
Under install the new kernel:
(These instructions are only if you use LILO!!)
ln /vmlinuz /vmlinuz.old -- What? mv, perhaps?
On slide 12:
Large disks may require the 'linear' option.
'...the first entry to boot off of.' Grammar nitpick.
On slide 15:
Maybe mention that it's a good idea to make runlevel 6 for AFS and
Xlogin, while leaving a runlevel 5 for not Athena boot.
Maybe one of the slides should mention srvtabs and Kerberos and such.
(I've sent this to Linux-dev so that other's can object to my suggestions.
:-)
Jered
