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- Subject: Changes to Linux Frequently Asked Questions with Answers
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce,comp.os.linux.help,comp.answers,news.answers
- From: ijackson@nyx.cs.du.edu (Ian Jackson)
- Date: Sun, 30 Oct 1994 16:26:43 GMT
-
- Archive-Name: linux/faq/diff
- Last-Modified: 30 Oct 1994
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- This document gives an English description of what has changed in the
- most recent version of the Linux FAQ.
-
- Comments on and submissions for the FAQ are strongly encouraged and
- welcomed - I don't have time to read every article in col.help, and
- thus need your assistance to spot the FAQ-threads that I miss.
-
-
- Changes September - October 1994.
-
- Modified Questions:
- Q1.2. What software does it support ? Clarified iBCS2, removed duplic. para.
- Q2.1. Where can I get the HOWTOs ... Added BUPS HOWTO, HTML link to minis.
- Q2.5. Where can I get [Linux] by FTP ? Added geographical info.
- Q3.1. Can Linux coexist with ... ? Mentioned read-only Amiga fs support.
- Q3.5. Can I access BSD FFS, ... ? Clarified UFS support. Duplic. para.
- Q4.4. ... inodes, blocks, ... Changed bootutils -> util-linux.
- Q7.1. How can I get scrollback ... ? Clearer if you don't know what `VC' is.
- Q7.2. How do I ... virtual consoles ? Clearer if you don't know what `VC' is.
- Q9.11. ... unchecked filesystem Changed bootutils -> util-linux.
- Q10.1. Does Linux support X Windows ? XF86 2.1->3.1. 3.0 not alpha.
- Q13.4. Disclaimer and Copyright Perhaps I should get a laywer ...
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- Changes August - September 1994.
-
- Structural:
- Section 6 split into:
- Section 6. Solutions to common miscellaneous problems
- Section 7. How do I do this or find out that ... ?
- Section 8. Miscellaneous information and questions answered
- New section:
- Section 11. Questions applicable to very out-of-date software
-
- Some changes to question contents may be missing from this change summary due
- to the reorganisation.
-
- Modified questions:
- Q1.1. What is Linux ? Played down 386-specificity.
- Q1.3. Does it run on my computer ? NCR PCI SCSI in alpha kernels.
- Q1.4. What ... other processors ... Split out from Q1.3 and updated.
- Q2.3. What newsgroups are there ... Mentioned de.comp.os.linux by name.
- Q2.5. Where can I get ... by FTP ? List of sites updated.
- Q3.1. Can Linux coexist with ... ? Mentioned OS/2 HPFS read support.
- Q3.2. ... DOS partition or floppy ? Mentioned the fd-patches.
- Q3.5. Can I access BSD FFS, ... ? Mentioned SysV support in 1.1.x.
- Q3.6. Can I run Microsoft Windows ... Removed old brickbat for SLS.
- Q4.1. How can I undelete files ? Improved and more newbie-oriented.
- Q4.2. Is there a defragmenter ... ? Yes, defrag-0.6.
- Q4.11. My AHA1542C doesn't work ... >1024-cyls option should be off.
- Q5.7. What does gcc -O6 do ? -O3 is in GCC 2.6.0.
- Q5.7. ... errors [compiling] kernel. ld: unrecognised option `-qmagic'
- Q7.6. How do I [compile] my kernel ? Correct reference for FTP site.
- Q9.11. ... unchecked filesystem bootutils now part of util-linux.
- Q9.16. ... not ... on cylinder boundary Newer fdisk is in util-linux.
- Q13.1. Feedback is invited Refer to Q's by title, not number.
- Q13.4. Disclaimer and Copyright Partial distribution restricted.
-
- Minor changes:
- Q1.5. How much hard disk space ... Slight wording change.
- Q1.6. Is Linux PD ? Copyrighted ? Slight wording change.
- Q2.1. Where can I get the HOWTOs ... Slight wording change.
- Q2.6. I don't have FTP access. ... Typo fixed.
- Q12.2. ... in a posting to comp.os.linux.help Several minor changes.
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- All question numbers should refer to the numbering in the new edition
- in each case (eg, for the January to February changes the numbers
- would refer to the February edition).
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