Bug#289920: [Pkg-doc-linux-devel] Bug#289920: doc-linux-text: FAQ is severely out of date
doug jensen
doug jensen <djen@ispwest.com>, 289920@bugs.debian.org
Wed, 12 Jan 2005 08:57:04 -0700
On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 09:08:04AM -0500, Justin Pryzby wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> I was wondering if you'd make a couple updates to the Linux FAQ.
>
> - update "current stable version" of the kernel to 2.6.
> - Linux supports SCSI Drives of many sorts: tape, cdrom, ...
> - Linux has had support for IDE drives since long before this FAQ was
> written; Linus' original USENET post even mentions this.
> <http://www.shortfamilyonline.com/tech/unix/history-of-linux/reference/05-Oct-1991-free-minix-like-kernel-sources-for-386-at.html>
> - CD-ROMS: yes. Linux supports reading and writing to CD-ROMs and
> even DVDs. Kernel version 2.4 only supports writing to SCSI
> CD-ROMS, but provides for an emulation layer which allows writing
> to ATAPI drives as well. Version 2.6 supports writing to ATAPI
> drives directly, without emulation.
> - HPFS is no longer readonly.
> - Kaffee is "Kaffe"
>
> Cheers,
> Justin
>
Hi Justin,
In your email to pkg-doc-linux-devel, you mentioned wanting to help
patch the FAQ, you didn't mention that in your email to David. Just
wondering if your plan changed?
I thought you might send an example of your writing style so that David
could determine if he wanted to include it in the Linux-FAQ. I don't
know if that is what David would prefer however.
--
Doug Jensen