Bug#289920: [Pkg-doc-linux-devel] Bug#289920: doc-linux-text: FAQ is severely out of date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