PeeWeeLinux 0.51

[Adi Linden]

Hi,

I just finished uploading PeeWeeLinux 0.51 to sourceforge and metalab at
the following URL's:

http://sourceforge.net/project/filelist.php?group_id=818
ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/linux/distributions/peewee/

Here's a quick overview of the changes:

  v0.51 -- September 4, 2000
  --------------------------
   o Bugfixes in:
     - filesystem
     - mgetty+sendfax
     - ncurses
     - sysklogd
     - fileutils
     - crond
   o Simplified rocketmodem initscript
   o Changed initscripts to support rd_dialog and rd_functions
   o Added telinit symlink to sysvinit
   o Added sh symlink to ash
   o Default login shell in passwd is sh now
   o Added rd_dialog and rd_functions to build target devices

The rd_dialog script has been added. It allows for easy loading of a
extracted filesystem onto a target drive attached to the development
system. The following schemes are supported:

  Compressed Ramdisk from a FAT partition
    - Target dirve is partitioned into a single FAT16 partition
    - syslinux bootloader is installed
    - Compressed ramdisk and kernel are loaded onto the device

  Compressed Ramdisk from a ext2 partition
    - Target dirve is partitioned into a single ext2 partition
    - Compressed ramdisk and kernel are loaded onto the device
    - Lilo is installed onto the target device

  Uncompressed Partition is Loaded into Memory as Ramdisk
    - Target drive is partitioned into 2 partitions
      - a FAT16 or ext2 boot partition
      - a ext2 root partition
    - a initrd is build which dd's the root partition into memory
    - the ramdisk is mounted as root
    - the ext2 root partition from the target drive can be mounted
      and changes can be made which take effect after a reboot

  Read-Only Root Partition
    - target drive is partition into multiple partitions
    - the root partition is mounted r/o at all times
    - ramdisks are loaded for /dev, /var, /etc and /home

  Raw floppy disk
    - the kernel is dd'd onto the floppy disk
    - a ramdisk is dd'd onto the floppy disk

To use the rd_dialog script configure a project using pwlconfig. Extract
the filesystem using pwlconfig. Now quit pwlconfig and run the
./misc/rd_dialog script. Select the type of target to create, answer the
configuration question (the defaults should be fine) and let it go...

Hopefully rd_dialog will be integrated into pwlconfig soon.

TTYL,
Adi

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