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- This is the ARM Linux distribution.
-
- *** (ONLY FOR A5000 & HARDWARE COMPATIBLES) ***
-
- For those with WEB access, please see:
- http://whirligig.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~rmk92/armlinux.html
-
- Alternatively, mail me at rmk92@ecs.soton.ac.uk.
- Thanks. Russell King.
-
- *** IMPORTANT NOTES ***
-
- 1) the boot-loader for what will be 1.3.35 has changed which makes it
- incompatible with previous versions. The new bootloader is not
- yet available, but when 1.3.35 comes out, a new version of 1.1.59
- will be released that works with this loader.
-
- 2) the expansion card allocation system has been totally re-written
- in 1.3.35, so please bear this in mind when writing device drivers.
-
- The directory structure is now in a state of flux while I re-organise
- it for the 1.3.35 release. Please be patient for this since it is
- again quite a big distribution. I am creating some installation disks
- as well. Mail me if you require details.
-
- Don't bother getting the current version unless you *really* need it.
- The new one will be out very soon. [Yes, I know I keep on saying that
- but when I find that the kernel seizes and won't tell me why then I
- think that if I did release it, I'd just get *lots* of mail!]
-
- Notes:
- * Please use !SparkFS or !SparkPlug to uncompress the
- .zip files in new/boot.
-
- * The files in new/base are disk images. Use rawrite
- or the equivalent to get them onto disks.
- (or '*copy <file> adfs::0' ~CF should work). DO
- NOT COMPRESS THEM - THEY CONTAIN GZIPPED DATA.
- I have found that SparkFS creating PKZip files
- *totally* messes gzip files up!!!
-
- * Anyone mirroring this site - could they please keep
- track of who takes copies [I would like to know
- some statistics please], and I would apprechiate some
- mail to let me know that you are mirroring me!
-
-
- * On the configuration, the password defaults to <cr> (the
- enter key). It will then prompt you for a new password.
- Note that it is not possible at the moment to change it
- afterwards!
-
- * There are two mailing lists that I subscribe to where I will
- put information about Linux releases, and various discussions.
- They are arm-linux@tardis.ed.ac.uk, linux-arm@vger.rutgers.edu.
-
- To subscribe to arm-linux@tardis.ed.ac.uk, send some mail to
- 'majordomo@tardis.ed.ac.uk', with the body of the mail containing
- 'subscribe arm-linux'.
-
- To subscribe to linux-arm@tardis.ed.ac.uk, send some mail to
- 'majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu', with the body of the mail containing
- 'subscribe linux-arm'.
-
- Both these mailing lists appear to have the same information on
- them, so pick one, or both.
-
- If you want to send me some money for this project, then I can be
- contacted at:
-
- 28 Waterer Gardens
- Burgh Heath
- Tadworth
- Surrey.
- England.
- KT20 5PB.
-
- Thanks a lot.
-
- Sources
- -------
-
- Most sources can be found on slackware or sunsite (sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk
- mirrors both). If you can't find something, then please mail me, and I'll
- let you know either where to get it from, or I'll upload it.
-
- Note that this is not a binary-only distribution - most of the source is
- available elsewhere, and patches are being sent to the developers as
- appropriate, but there may be a few packages where this is not the case.
-
- Please mail/snail mail me if you find any...
-
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- Last updated: 18-02-95 By: RMK
-