Re: Linux

On Sun, 20 Apr 1997 02:57:10 +0100, David Williams <djw@smooth1.demon.co.uk> wrote: > Same here - I'm running the katest kernel (2.1.35). >David Williams It should be noted that David is running the "EXPERIMENTAL" kernel. I would recommend that if this is going to have any credibility, that it should be done with a "STABLE" release, such as the more recent 2.0.29, or 2.0.30. Any of you folks unfamiliar with a Linux installation or Linux distribution should download the latest Slackware 3.2 from ftp://www.cdrom.com/pub/linux/slackware/ All you really need from this dir is the ftp://www.cdrom.com/pub/linux/slackware/slakware dir, then This file tells you which BOOT disk you need: http://www.cdrom.com/pub/linux/slackware/bootdsks.144/WHICH.ONE And then you need a setup or 'ROOT' diskette: http://www.cdrom.com/pub/linux/slackware/rootdsks/color.gz http://www.cdrom.com/pub/linux/slackware/rootdsks/RAWRITE.EXE Color.gz is the setup program,RAWRITE.EXE is so you can get the diskette images from hd to floppy. That will require DOS, sorry, that's how it works. Once you get your 2 boot/root diskettes made, you boot with BOOT, then ROOT,then run fdisk, setup partitions, then reboot with both diskettes again and run the setup program. This will get you a complete distribution with a 2.0.29 kernel. Linux kernel release trees are simple, anything with the second octet being a .1 indicates an EXPERIMENTAL release, and .0 is "STABLE" or 'production'. Then download the latest kernel if you like: ftp://ftp.cs.helsinki.fi/pub/Software/Linux/Kernel/v2.0/ and compile a new kernel to fit your system. -tks-