Revision History
Feb 24, 1998- Initial creation.
Mar 08, 1998 - Tweeks, increase stated disk space requirements.
Mar 16, 1998 - Add disk requirements, Post-install, Wimp-Out sections, clarify and highlight gotchas.
Mar 21, 1998 - Add download of RPM updates to download section. Reference official RedHat install doc. Clarifications throughout.
Mar 29, 1998 - Add new section 'Adding New Users', and add new info to 'First Install', 'Compiling Your Own Kernel', 'Post Install Setup'.
Apr 01, 1998 - Add link to m68k-linux usenet (dumb oversight....)
Apr 16, 1998 - Major changes to support most recent kernel images. Improve consistency of local dirnames, and clarify references section.
Apr 17, 1998 - Use new HDToolBox screenshots, include afdisk/df output examples, break-out wimping-out-on-ftp section.
Apr 19, 1998 - Add new references to LinuxNow, sunsite, etc
Apr 20, 1998 - Add "Known or Potential Problems" section. Fix Wimp-out links.
Apr 23, 1998 - Add "Configuring A Kernel", provide some hints.
Apr 26, 1998 - Refer to Jes's new Amiga vmlinux kernel image (tar.gz file). Add a few pointers to install section. Update reboot section to new Amiga vmlinux-reboot.
May 06,1998 - Add note about nameserver/gateway problems on initial FTP/NFS network setup screens.
May 08,1998 - Break this monolith into one file per section, with next/prev/toc arrows (like HOWTOs).
May 12,1998 - Fix a few links I missed after the break-up. Add info about extracting kernel source from tar.gz in Config section. Consistancy cleanups for each section.
May 16,1998 - Add new section on 'Modem Setup', so folks can use the ppp device. Add refs to samba and squid homepages.
May 25,1998 - Correct several syntax/grammar problems. Fix a text formatting problem in Configure section. Recommend disabling minix support. Change name of vmlinux_post_install.
May 29,1998 - Add several tips concerning video and IDE disk issues of particular interest to A4000 owners (possibly A600/1200 users as well). Fix linux source directory error in 'Configure-kernel' section. Add some more references.
May 31,1998 - Add another choice for disk prep software, and add a link to AmiNet. General content/formatting cleanup. Add links for suppliers of RedHat m68k Linux cdroms. Warn users to never power-down without proper shutdown/reboot. Add module fixups to Compiling-kernel section. Mention man and makewhatis in Post-install.
Jun 17,1998 - My Linux Page got picked as the
Joe Linux Of The Week page, so I provided a back-link to that site. Clarify that MaxTransfer is only a problem with A4000 with 3.0 ROMs.Jun 26,1998 - Fix more stupid typos. Add more flashy linux logos/links on front page. Add a link to the tgz archive of this doc package, kernel.org, and linuxHQ.com.
Jul 04,1998 - Minor text/image cleanups and corrections. Add new section "System-requirements" explaining CPU/disk-controller/network-cards supported.
Jul 09,1998 - Clarification and additional details in System-Rqmnts, Problems, First-Install, Config, and Compile sections.
Jul 12,1998 - Correct name of vmlinux_post_install file in Finding_files. Make note of RH5.0 in preparation of RH5.1 on main page. Fix typo on System-requirements page. Accent link to .tgz of this package on main page.
Jul 19,1998 - Add link to an FTP site mirroring Jes's RedHat distribution. Add a new section on the title page, listing recent changes to help readers know if anything new is present. Present a solution to the install crash related to supplying a nameserver during FTP/NFS installs. Expand fixups in Post-install section. Add link to Italy mirror, and detail single-shot .tar download of files from the FTP sites in Finding-the-files section.
Jul 22,1998 - Add X fbdev problem to list of known problems with 2.0.32 kernel present in stock FTP image.
Aug 02,1998 - Insignificant change to "Problems" section, link to "Finding-files"
Aug 21,1998 - Break-out CDROM stuff into its own section. Add name of new cdrom creator. Add list of unsupported boards to System-rqmnts.
Sep 21,1998 - Add description in Post-install of how to mount 720K MsDos floppy disk. Add new section with Romans kernel-options.txt file which explains Amiboot options, devices, etc..
Oct 10,1998 - Most of the changes for 5.1 are in place. Add non-cgi hit counters. Almost every page/paragraph was updated in some way.
Oct 19,1998 - Clarification and cleanup in First-install.
Oct 24,1998 - Restructure "Revision-History" by breaking out links by category.
Nov 03,1998 - Add more References, Amiga-PLIP and Walnut-Creek cdrom sites.
Dec 04,1998 - Fix much link-rot, and add a few Problems entries.
Dec 16,1998 - Create new section for the supplemental disk.
Dec 22,1998 - Add compile-time comparison table of several machines/arch's to Compile-kernel section.
Jan 23,1999 - In Modem setups, change serial device from cua0 to ttyS0. Fix some stale links in References. In System Requirements, list Apollo SCSI as not supported, accel should be OK. Fix grammar in problems. Mention Ariadne-II as unsupported HW.
Mar 5,1999 - Tons of clarifications. Fix screenshots in disk setup. Add new sections for Network-config, RPM-files, and Cross-compilation.
June 4,1999 - Add Chris's site for Cdrom sources. Cleanup network, cross-compile sections.
June 6,1999 - Dozens of cleanups, additions, and clarifications to most sections.