12/27/2023 0 Comments Fsnotes linux![]() ![]() ![]() Like this: /dev/hda the whole first harddisk (old: /dev/hd0) After that comes the partition number, 1-4 for the primary partitions, 5- for possible extended partitions. The new harddisk device names are: /dev/hd followed by an ‘ a‘ for the first drive, or a ‘ b‘ for the second one. NOTE! Harddisk device names and numbers have changed between versions 0.12 and 0.95: the new numbering system was needed for the extended partitions, and a new naming scheme was in order so that people wouldn’t cunfuse the old devices with the new ones. If it tells you about any partitions at all, linux can successfully read at least part of your harddisk. Test that linux can read your harddisk at least partly: run the fdisk program on the root-disk, and see if it barfs. – the floppy driver has been optimized for sequential access (backups etc), and trashes somewhat with demand-loading. ![]() Note that booting up with a floppy as root is S.L.O.W. Change to the other logins by pressing left-alt + FN. Log in as root (no password), and test it out. Linux-0.95 now has an init/login: there should be 4 logins started on the first 4 virtual consoles. I might not be able to help you, but your bug-report would still be appreciated. If it doesn’t work, check the hardware requirements, and mail me if you still think it should work. The only thing I guarantee is that it has worked fine on /my/ machine – for all I know it might eat your harddisk and spit it out in small pieces on any other hardware.Ģ) Test out the linux boot-disk with the root file system. INSTALL-0.11 (+ any other docs you might find: the FAQ etc)ġ) back up everything you have on your harddisk – linux-0.95 is still in beta and might do weird things. Minumum files needed: RELNOTES-0.95 (this file) I’M GOING TO FIND YOU, AND YOU’LL BE SORRY WHEN I DO”. I’D RATHER ANSWER A FEW UNNECESSARY MAILS THAN GET MAIL SAYING “YOU KILLED MY HARDDISK, BASTARD. OR DO ANYTHING BUT INSTALL LINUX – IT’S VERY SIMPLE, BUT IF YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING YOU’LL PROBABLY BE SORRY. READ THIS THROUGH, THEN READ INSTALL-0.11, AND IF YOU ARE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING, CONTINUE. NOTE! Repartitioning your harddisk will destroy all data on it (well, not exactly, but if you know enough to get back the data you probably didn’t need this warning). There are a couple of programs you will need to install linux: something that writes disk images (rawrite.exe or NU or…) and something that can create harddisk partitions (fdisk under xenix or older versions of dos, edpart.exe or something like that). The installation is very similar to 0.11 and 0.12, so you should read INSTALL-0.11 too. See the library sources for details of those. This concerns /only/ the unistd-library and those (few) other library functions I have written: most of the rest of the library has it’s own copyrights (or is public domain). NOTE! The linux unistd library-functions (the low-level interface to linux: system calls etc) are excempt from the copyright – you may use them as you wish, and using those in your binary files won’t mean that your files are automatically under the GNU copyleft. Any changes you make that you distribute will also automatically fall under the GNU copyleft. The copyleft is pretty detailed, but it mostly just means that you may freely copy linux for your own use, and redistribute all/parts of it, as long as you make source available (not necessarily in the same distribution, but you make it clear how people can get it for nothing more than copying costs). The copyright conditions are the same as those imposed by the GNU copyleft: get a copy of the GNU copyleft at any major ftp-site (if it carries linux, it probably carries a lot of GNU software anyway, and they all contain the copyright). Linux-0.95 is NOT public domain software, but is copyrighted by me. Using old versions as a help-reference might be a good idea. This is file mostly contains info on changed features of Linux, and ASCII formatted “RELEASE NOTES FOR LINUX v0.95”. ![]()
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