[Pkg-doc-linux-devel] Linux-FAQ and Debian bug#119942
doug jensen
djen@ispwest.com
Sun, 14 Sep 2003 15:35:56 -0600
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Hi,
In an attempt to close bug #119942, I would like to send the attached
changes to the Linux-FAQ maintainer. The original bug report just asked
for changing the FTP URLs, however, the Linux-FAQ has since been revised
and the section numbers have changed. Also, the maintainer has made at
least one attempt to fix, but it still isn't quite right. Maybe I
shouldn't be changing the text while trying to close bugs?
Any comments?
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The Linux FAQ
David C. Merrill
<dmerrill@ibiblio.org>
Revision 2.1 2003-05-19 Revised by: dcm
Fairly complete reorganization and conversion to WikiText.
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Change:
Debian GNU/Linux is being ported to Alpha, Sparc, PowerPC, and ARM platforms.
There are mailing lists for all of them. See http://www.debian.org/
MailingLists/subscribe
To:
Debian GNU/Linux has ports to Alpha, Sparc, Motorola 68k, PowerPC, ARM,
IBM S/390, MIPS, HP PA-RISC, and IA-64. Ports to SuperH and amd64 are
being developed. Also, Debian is being ported to other non Linux
kernels including GNU/Hurd, GNU/NetBSD, and GNU/FreeBSD. There are
mailing lists for all of them. See http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/
for general information, then follow the "subscription" link, and find the
mailing list you are interested in.
[*Note for doc-linux team*]
The last SuperH updates I saw were in 2001. The only mailing list activity
in 2003 has been spam. As a side note GNU/win32 also looks dead.
SuperH was put in, the paragraph above, because it is on the Debian
"ports" web page, should SuperH be included in the paragraph?
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7. Linux Distributions
Q: What are the Disk Space Requirements for Minimal, Server, and Workstation
Use?
You can fit a typical server installation, including the X Window Systemt
GUI, into 80Mb. Installing Debian GNU/Linux takes 500Mb1GB, including kernel
source code, some space for user files, and spool areas.
Change: Systemt
To: System
Change:
Installing Debian GNU/Linux takes 500Mb1GB,
To:
Installing a small Debian Gnu/Linux workstation takes from 500Mb to 1GB,
Add at end:
A fully installed Debian GNU/Linux system could uses several Gigabytes
of disk space.
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Change:
Connect using anonymous FTP to ftp.debian.org and cd to the pub/debian/
dists/stable/main/disks-i386/current/ subdirectory.
To:
Connect using http://ftp.debian.org/ and cd to the
dists/stable/main/disks-i386/current/ subdirectory. Anonymous
FTP is available from ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian if you prefer.
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Change:
* Retrieve the binary image files for the rescue disk, and the drivers
disk. Depending on the floppy drive installed on your machine, retrieve
either the diskette images with "1200" in the names if you have a 1.2 Mb,
5.25-in. floppy, or the disks with "1440" in the name if the computer has
a 3.25-in., 1.44 Mb floppy. Then retrieve the base system diskettes. Note
that there are 7 base system images in the 1.44-Mb set (which have a "14"
in their names) , and 9 in the 1.2-Mb set of images (which have a "12" in
their names). You will use these to create the basic installation
diskettes. If you have a Linux machine, you can use dd to write the
images to the diskettes. If you are creating the installation diskettes
on a MS-DOS machine, also download the RAWRITE.EXE MS-DOS utility, which
will copy the raw binary images to floppy disks. Also download the
install.en.txt document, which contains the detailed installation
instructions.
To:
* Choose the images-*/ subdirectory that matches the type of floppy drive
installed on your machine, if unsure try images-1.44/. Retrieve the
rescue.bin, root.bin, and driver-*.bin disk images. Once you have
install those floppy images, the rest of the system can be retrieved
from a Debian mirror site, or installed from CD. If you have a Linux
machine, you can use dd to write the images to the diskettes. If you
are creating the installation diskettes on a MS-DOS machine, also
download the RAWRITE.EXE MS-DOS utility, which will copy the raw binary
images to floppy disks. Also download the install.en.txt document, which
contains the detailed installation instructions.
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Q: How To Upgrade/Recompile a Kernel
$ depmod -a
This command can be run automatically at boot time. On Debian/GNU Linux
systems, the command is part of the /etc/init.d/modutils script, and can be
linked appropriately in the /etc/rcx.d/ directories. For more information on
depmod, see the manual page.
[*Note for doc-linux team*]:
Not sure what to do here, would it be appropriate to remove that
reference to Debain, and/or add:
A: On Debian GNU/Linux systems, get a kernel source package from the
Debian archive or from a Debian GNU/Linux CD and follow the directions
in the README file that is located in the kernel-package subdirectory.
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Q: What Is a .gz File? And a .tgz? And .bz2? And... ?
.deb is a Debian Binary Package - the binary package format used by the
Debian GNU/Linux distribution. It is manipulated using dpkg and dpkg-deb
(available on Debian systems and from ftp://ftp.debian.org/).
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Change:
ftp://ftp.debian.org/
To:
http://ftp.debian.org/ or ftp://ftp.debian.org
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Put a summary paragraph at the top of your posting.
At the bottom of your posting, ask for responses by email and say you'll post
a summary. Back this up by using Followup-To: poster. Then, actually post the
summary in a few days or a week or so. Don't just concatenate the replies you
gotsummarize.
^^^^^^^^^^^^
Change:
gotsummarize
To:
received, summarize them
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