From: MCROSBY@bsa3.kent.edu (Malcolm Crosby)
Subject: Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: PATCHKIT 0.2 is ALMOST OUT
Summary: Testing
Keywords: n
Organization: Kent State University, School of Business Administration
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 16:35:23 GMT

In article <1993Jan22.231126.18077@coe.montana.edu> osynw@gemini.oscs.montana.edu (Nate Williams) writes:
>From: osynw@gemini.oscs.montana.edu (Nate Williams)
>Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT: PATCHKIT 0.2 is ALMOST OUT
>Summary: Testing
>Keywords: n
>Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 23:11:26 GMT
>Okay, here's the situation.
>
>I am pretty sure I have most things whipped, but I would like people
>who are having, or who have in the past have had troubles booting
>386BSD 0.1 to try out my new installation kernel.
>
>Also, if you think that one of these patches will break your machine,
>try getting this new bootable and trying it out.  If I don't get
>any large problems by the end of the weekend, I'm going to release
>this version of the patchkit and then pass on the co-ordination
>officially to the new guy.
>
>This bootable is a copy of the generic Tiny-386BSD bootable that is
>archived everywhere, with all of the DOCS deleted for space, but the
>kernel contains all of the boot and kernel patches in the next version
>of the patchkit with exception to the WD ethernet driver patches.
>
>Hopefully this should fix most, if not all of the booting problems
>people have reported.
>
>Short summary:
>-------------
>1) Aha 1542A is now supported
>
>2) Most MFM/IDE/ESDI disks should be recognized and should boot
>   properly. (There is still the IDE problems with drive translation,
>   unfortunately)
>
>3) Hang after copyright bug should hopefully be fixed. (I had one machine
>   here that it seemed to work on.  All the rest didn't have any problems)
>
>4) Compaq/Gateway machines should be able to boot.
>
>5) Many new kernel patches for stability.
>
>6) Patchkit order re-vamping, to make installation easier, and to
>   place emphasis on REALLY important patches.
>
>7) Other little things, but overall I'm pretty pleased with it.  
>
>There are a couple other things I would like to have done, but I kept
>putting it off and putting it off, so I am finally going to get this out
>of the door.
>
>The location of the bootable image (needs to be written to a 5.25" or
>3.5" floppy using rawrite, dd, etc) is located at:
>
>agate.berkeley.edu:/pub/incoming/nate/dist.fs-patchkit-0.2
>
>The nate directory under incoming is readable, so if you don't 
>remember you should be able to see the file.
>
>PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE - If you have problems, try this bootable
>out.  I have been running around campus trying it on different
>machines here, but we only have Zenith's and DEC machines mostly,
>which doesn't even come close to checking out all of the different
>possibilities that exist.
>
>
>Thanks alot!!
>
>Nate
>-- 
>osynw@terra.oscs.montana.edu |  A hacker w/out a home. 
>work: (406) 994-5991         |  Keeper of the Unofficial 386BSD Bug Report
>home: (406) 586-0579         |  Please send bugs and/or fixes you find.


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