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- From: yuanyin@utdallas.edu (Yuan-Yin Wu)
- Subject: Re: Two suggestions .. comments welcome, please!
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- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 05:01:38 GMT
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- In article <KFOGEL.92Sep8192936@edvac.cs.oberlin.edu> kfogel@edvac.cs.oberlin.edu (Karl Fogel) writes:
- >I had a couple of thoughts. I may not have any more for a while
- >because those about burned me out, so here they are:
- >
- > It would be a great help to those of use who don't have a disk
- >editor for someone to upload pre-edited bootimages to the directories
- >that now normally hold bootimages and/or rootimages. We'd need four
- >more images, I guess: one for booting partition 1, one for 2, 3, and
- >partition 4. If the space can be spared on the ftp sites, it would be
- >a great help. I can't afford to buy a disk-editor myself, and I don't
- >want to pirate one either. Is there anyone who owns a good editor who
- >would be willing to do this for future releases? (Yes, I'm always this
- >glib when volunteering other people :-)
-
- How about a program to 'edit' (alter) the boot image to suit you?
- I'm uploading such a program to SunSite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/Incoming,
- called chbootdev.tar.Z. You exec it in linux and will get what you want.
- Note that it does NOT edit the floppy, but the bootimage itself.
- There's a README in the file for a bit more detail.
-
- > Also, a beginner's guide to kernel recompilations might be
- >nice, with a section on what exactly it entails, why it's useful, and
- >some common problems encountered in doing so. This is also a project
- >that I guess I'm asking someone else to do, since I don't have the
- >necessary experience -- although I'd be more than glad to help in any
- >way I can.
- > Comments?
- >--
- >
- > -Karl Fogel
- > kfogel@occs.cs.oberlin.edu || fogel@antares.mcs.anl.gov
- >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- >Another member of the League for Programming Freedom... for info (i.e.: what
- >is the LPF for? How can I join?) email me at kfogel@occs.cs.oberlin.edu.
- > *** Help stop the patenting of ideas now! ***
- >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- >(Anyone who knows about Internet nodes in the People's Republic of China,
- > particularly Kunming, please do send me info. Thanks!)
- >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- >
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