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- Release 1.0 (Gamma) (14/9/92)
- ----------------------------
-
- This file is the READ.ME file for my init/getty/login suite for MiNT on the
- Atari ST/TT range of computers. This file must be kept with the distribution
- files!
-
- This package needs MiNT version 0.90 pre-alpha patchlevel 14 or above.
-
- This directory contains a mirror of the directory structure beneath the root
- directory of the U: drive, except for the mint directory which contains an
- example configuration file and init.prg.
-
- Currently, not all the programs have manual pages written for them, this is
- in the process of being remedied.
-
- How to set it up.
- -----------------
-
- (1) Create some directories which mirror those in this distribution, eg.
-
- mkdir c:\etc
- mkdir c:\var
- mkdir c:\usr
- mkdir c:\usr\bin
- mkdir c:\bin
-
- (2) Copy the files from the directories in this distribution into their
- counterparts as created above, copying the files contained in the
- mint directory into your machine's mint directory.
-
- (3) Edit the mint.cnf file so as to represent your system. It should create
- the following directory tree:-
-
-
- / -+- bin
- |
- +- etc
- |
- +- usr -+- bin
- | |
- | +- ucb
- | |
- | +- local
- |
- +- var -+- adm
- | |
- | +- spool
- +- tmp
- |
- +- home
-
- This can be done as demonstrated in the example mint.cnf file using
- symbolic links.
-
- (4) Edit the ttytab file so that the command in quotes points to the program
- you want init to start up on each of the terminal lines (use the FULL
- pathname). Usually this will be either the getty executable or the
- login executable.
-
- (5) Edit the passwd file so as to add an account for yourself. The format of
- the passwd file is identical to that of the Unix passwd file.
- (remember to set up your default shell)
-
- ** The root password in the sample passwd file is "secret" **
-
- (6) Run MiNT.
-
- You should now see the system start up (assuming you have all the utility
- programs the startup scripts need, ie echo, date etc) and will be presented
- with a login prompt. Amd that's all that you need to do!
-
- -------
- ** Warning **
- -------
-
- Dave Gymer and I have tested this as well as we can, but there still could
- be some bugs (and there very probably are!), therefore, to protect ourselves
- we must include the following statement:-
-
- This is still an early version of this software. As far as we can tell it
- will work, but, there are no guarantees as to it's usefullness or fittness
- for any purpose whatsoever.
-
- By using this software you agree to take full responsibility for any actions
- this software makes, including all possible damage to files, hardware (can
- it?) and software.
-
- Licence:
- --------
-
- This software is copyright 1991/1992 Stephen R. Usher and Dave Gymer.
-
- Some parts were written by other people, to see who please read the sources
- provided.
-
- The code written by Stephen R. Usher has the following licence conditions.
-
- You are allowed to copy, distribute this package as long as the following
- conditions are met:-
-
- (1) This file is kept with all the other files in this distribution.
-
- (2) You may not sell this package for more than double the cost of copying
- the files onto the media (including the cost of the
- media), excluding any local taxes.
-
- You may terminate this licence at any time by destroying all original and
- modified copies of this package.
-
- You are deemed to have agreed with the terms of this licence if you have a
- copy of this package in your posession.
-
- If you are resident in, and the package has been supplied in, the United
- States of America, it is agreed that the laws of California shall govern
- without reference to the place of execution or performance, except as to
- copyright matters which are covered by Federal laws. If you are resident,
- and the package has been supplied, elsewhere othr than in the United States
- of America, it is agreed that the laws of England shall govern without
- reference to the place of execution or performance.
-
- Code written by Dave Gymer is licenced under the GNU public licence.
-
- Code written by other people is copyright the authors, but may be freely
- distributed.
-
- What does it run on?
- --------------------
-
- This suite of programs has been tested on Atari STM/FM, Mega ST (TOS 1.2,
- 1.4) and TT (TOS 3.05) series of computers running MiNT 0.91, 0.92, 0.93,
- 0.94, 0.95 and pre-release versions of 0.96. The baud rate of the serial
- ports can only be set by getty under MiNT versions 0.95 and above, and is
- not at the moment fool proof.
-
- Stephen Usher 3rd November, 1992.
-
- Acknowledgements.
- -----------------
-
- Dave Gymer for getty(8), write(1), wlogin(1), ac(8) and his suggestions for
- the improvement of the rest of the package.
-
- Alec Muffett, Robert Baldwin and Icarus Sparry for the fcrypt() routine used
- in login(8). (But especially Alec, for being a good friend and sending me a
- copy of a pre-release version of the routine. His main handicap is that he
- is an Amiga owner ;-))
-
- Eric Smith and his merry band of helpers for MiNT, without which none of
- this would be possible :-).
-
- Kenneth Almquist for writing ash and Stephen Neuhaus for porting it to MiNT.
- There were two major bugs which I fixed, the first to do with running shell
- scripts (it wasn't finding executables with extentions) and the second was
- to do you job control. The files modified were exec.c and jobs.c.
-
- Terrence W. Holm for last(1).
-
- Atari, for a series of computers which don't use Intel "micro-processors".
- Pitty their filesystem is slow (probably caused by having to do everything in
- a little-endian format) and their documentation is sparse.
-