Date: Mon, 28 Aug 1995 23:48:57 +0200 (MET DST) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: hackers@freefall.FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: postmaster@yggdrasil.com: Yggdrasil Product Information Message-ID: <199508282148.XAA24478@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <3415.809611050@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Aug 28, 95 04:57:30 am
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As Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
>
> I find the fanfare surrounding the "buildable source tree!" to be
> somewhat amusing, ...
:-)
> o FULLY BUILDABLE SOURCE TREE. Rebuild the whole system with
> "cd /usr/src ; make install-clean". Use the new "whence"
> command find source code for a file. For example:
>
> % whence csh
> /bin/csh is actually /usr/bin/tcsh
> /usr/bin/tcsh: Linux/i386 demand-paged executable (QMAGIC)
> /usr/bin/tcsh installed from /usr/src/system/tcsh-6.05/tcsh
Basically what our old `whereis' command did. I don't like the extra
blubber above (e.g. running file(1) on the executable), but i really
loved to have a command that was pointing at the location of the
source and man page as well as the binary. Are there any reasons to
stick with the crippled 4.4 version?
> o HYBRID INSTALLATION. Any software not found on your hard
> disk is run from the CDROM if the CD is mounted. Useful for
> infrequently used programs or for trying out software before
> deciding whether or not to install it.
set path = ($path /cdrom/...)
> o TRANSPARENT COMPRESSION. CD looks like a 1GB+ filesystem.
There have been some volunteers here, but apparently nobody to really
make it...
> All binaries, including the entire X window system, the
> kernel, the C compiler, and emacs compiled with "-O2" in
> QMAGIC format.
I hope they didn't forget -fno-strenght-reduce. ;)
> Disk: IDE, RLL, MFM, ESDI, SCSI with supported SCSI controller.
> Other disks accessible through DOS callbacks. Configurations
> range from 10 megabytes to 1 gigabyte of disk. All binaries
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
???
> Tape: SCSI tape with supported SCSI controller. Experimental (i.e.,
> unsupported) driver for floppy tape.
Hmm, they don't trust the ft driver, either. Interesting. I believed
it were in a better shape in Linux.
> HOW TO GET A FREE COPY
>
> Yggdrasil is greatly indebted to the many free software
> developers whose efforts have made this release possible. As a token
> of our appreciation, any author of any software or documentation in
> Plug-and-Play Linux can get a free copy.
Hmm, one should see if they've accidentally took something from us.
This would give us a free copy. :--)
slackware, man mount(8):
...
Options
-u
update mount...
...
BUGS
The -u and -o synchronous options are not yet supported.
...
(Man page Copyright: The Regents of the UCB.)
Perhaps they would give the Regents a free copy?
Btw., it took me way long to find that the update mount command was
/etc/remount/mount -w -n -o remount /dev/hda1 /
:-I
--
cheers, J"org
joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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