home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- This files contains informations about ATARI Linux 0.01 pl3
-
-
- It took a long time to come from pl2 to pl3 because there were so
- many things to do but now I think ATARI Linux is at a point where one
- could really work with it and not just see how the messages on the screen
- come up.
- This version is based on several versions of Linux (68k). For further
- information see "ANNOUNCE".
-
- This file wants to give you a few hints how to come to a working Linux.
-
- The hardware you need to compile Linux.
- -Which hardware you use to compile Linux is not important
- because you only need a m68k-cross-gcc.
-
- The Software you need to compile Linux.
- -When using an ATARI to compile Linux you need the following Software
- -gnu c compiler (needn't be cross)
- -MinTLibs (pl44)
- -cross stuff which is included in this package (tools/atari)
- -MinT/MTOS
- -MinixFs (0.06 pl10)
- -Gemini 2(1.99)
-
- -Otherwise you need a cross gcc package for you computer which allows
- you to compile m68k programs.
-
- The Hardware you need to run ATARI Linux on.
- -You need a TT or Falcon030 with at least 4 Megs of ST ram or even more
- Your TT-Ram is supported.
-
-
-
- How to compile Linux.
- In case you have a working gcc you'll have to do the following:
- -Change 'Makevars' to your wish and remember to put the unix-ar,-ld,-nm
- instead of the normal ones.
- -In tools/atari/Makefile you'll have to set the 'lib' and 'include' -path
- for the MintLibs and now you musn't use the unix-cross stuff but the
- atari gcc stuff to be able to build an executeable bootstrap.
- -then just start the make in your linux directroy.
-
-
- How to use Linux ?
- -For the first time you should just start the bootstrap without
- any commandline.
- The Linux Kernel should now give information about itself and
- the connected devices you own (SCSI,IDE,Floppy)
- The partition check which should come up then will show you
- which partitions are available.
- The partitions are no longer coded as known before ('A'-'Z')
- There is a special code:
- SCSI device 0 --> sda
- SCSI device 1 --> sdb
- .
- .
- .
- SCSI device 7 --> sdh
- IDE device 0 --> hda
- IDE device 1 --> hdb
- These codes are followed by the partition number.
- Example : hda6 is partition 'f' of IDE device 0 !
-
- So my partition check looks like this :
- "Partition check:"
- "hda1 hda2 hda3 hda4 hda5 hda6"
-
- This means that my IDE device 0 owns 6 partitions.
- Supportet are all kind of ATARI-Partitions(GEM,BGM ...)
-
-
- -You need to have a ramdisk image for Linux 68k (should be available
- via ftp or different BBS) and start the bootstrap
-
- bootstrap -r filesys.img
-
- The Linux Kernel will now use the ramdisk as bootdevice and starts
- up the system and the shell . From this point everything runs as
- an usual UNIX(Linux) system . Depending on the ramdisk image you
- use you can initialize partitions.Example
-
- minit.minix /dev/hda6 6201
-
- This initializes Partition 'h' of the first IDE device where the
- 6201 is the number of blocks your partition has.
- (num_blks * 1024 = bytes on device)
-
- After copying all important files to your device you can allready
- boot from it.
-
- bootstrap root=/dev/hda6
-
- This will now boot the device hda6 (Part 'f' of first IDE drive)
-
- Remember that a partition which is initialized under Linux cannot
- be read from TOS except when it is a Minix Filesys and you use MTOS and
- MinixFs.
-
- To get further information about the usage of an Unix system you should
- try to find a book about Unix.
-
-
- How to contact developers of ATARI Linux 68k ?
-
- We are available via email using the following addresses:
-
- Bjoern Brauel @ WI2 | This is a MausNet adress but available in internet
- Roman Hodek @ N | This is a MausNet adress but available in internet
- Robert H. de Vries -- robert@koekamp.and.nl
-
-