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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA7811 ; Tue, 26 Jan 93 09:00:52 EST Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!paladin.american.edu!gatech!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!mcs.kent.edu!mcnealy.kent.edu!MCROSBY From: MCROSBY@bsa3.kent.edu (Malcolm Crosby) Subject: Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: PATCHKIT 0.2 is ALMOST OUT Message-ID: <MCROSBY.91.727979723@bsa3.kent.edu> Summary: Testing Keywords: n Lines: 79 Sender: news@mcs.kent.edu Nntp-Posting-Host: mcnealy.kent.edu Organization: Kent State University, School of Business Administration References: <1jkdpeINNkeg@cat.cis.Brown.EDU> <1993Jan21.221451.10039@fcom.cc.utah.edu> <1993Jan22.231126.18077@coe.montana.edu> Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 16:35:23 GMT In article <1993Jan22.231126.18077@coe.montana.edu> osynw@gemini.oscs.montana.edu (Nate Williams) writes: >From: osynw@gemini.oscs.montana.edu (Nate Williams) >Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT: PATCHKIT 0.2 is ALMOST OUT >Summary: Testing >Keywords: n >Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 23:11:26 GMT >Okay, here's the situation. > >I am pretty sure I have most things whipped, but I would like people >who are having, or who have in the past have had troubles booting >386BSD 0.1 to try out my new installation kernel. > >Also, if you think that one of these patches will break your machine, >try getting this new bootable and trying it out. If I don't get >any large problems by the end of the weekend, I'm going to release >this version of the patchkit and then pass on the co-ordination >officially to the new guy. > >This bootable is a copy of the generic Tiny-386BSD bootable that is >archived everywhere, with all of the DOCS deleted for space, but the >kernel contains all of the boot and kernel patches in the next version >of the patchkit with exception to the WD ethernet driver patches. > >Hopefully this should fix most, if not all of the booting problems >people have reported. > >Short summary: >------------- >1) Aha 1542A is now supported > >2) Most MFM/IDE/ESDI disks should be recognized and should boot > properly. (There is still the IDE problems with drive translation, > unfortunately) > >3) Hang after copyright bug should hopefully be fixed. (I had one machine > here that it seemed to work on. All the rest didn't have any problems) > >4) Compaq/Gateway machines should be able to boot. > >5) Many new kernel patches for stability. > >6) Patchkit order re-vamping, to make installation easier, and to > place emphasis on REALLY important patches. > >7) Other little things, but overall I'm pretty pleased with it. > >There are a couple other things I would like to have done, but I kept >putting it off and putting it off, so I am finally going to get this out >of the door. > >The location of the bootable image (needs to be written to a 5.25" or >3.5" floppy using rawrite, dd, etc) is located at: > >agate.berkeley.edu:/pub/incoming/nate/dist.fs-patchkit-0.2 > >The nate directory under incoming is readable, so if you don't >remember you should be able to see the file. > >PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE - If you have problems, try this bootable >out. I have been running around campus trying it on different >machines here, but we only have Zenith's and DEC machines mostly, >which doesn't even come close to checking out all of the different >possibilities that exist. > > >Thanks alot!! > >Nate >-- >osynw@terra.oscs.montana.edu | A hacker w/out a home. >work: (406) 994-5991 | Keeper of the Unofficial 386BSD Bug Report >home: (406) 586-0579 | Please send bugs and/or fixes you find. ---- Malcolm Crosby Internet: blabc183@ksuvxa.kent.edu E-Mail: emcamiga!malcolm@redpoll.neoucom.edu (E-Mail Please)