Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 13 Oct 1999 19:17:36 +0200 | From | Jens Benecke <> | Subject | Re: : : Becoming a Linux Hacker? |
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On Tue, Oct 12, 1999 at 05:59:51PM -0700, Ming Lei wrote:
> > > > I am also the one who is interested in compiling old kernel, like > > > > v0.0.1 or v1.0, and booting it. However, I had difficulties to > > > > compile those acient kernels, for example, in link stage, a lot of > > > I remember Eric Youngdale posting saying he'd updated 1.0.9 to work > > > with modern compilers and C libraries. 0.0.1 is a lost hope; you need > > > minix and gcc 1.x as I remember. > > I have an old LST 1.8 distribution on CD here, containing a full Linux > > distribution with kernel 1.0.9, gcc of the same age, XFree 2.something > > and a load of other tools. Runs fine in VMWare :-) > > If anyone wants those bits I can put them up my FTP server. most of the > > utilities are just a couple MB... the whole distribution is a boggling > > 120MB (or something) in size (wow!!). :-) > Could you put that CD on your FTP server, and maybe as well as some linux > public sites so if someone needs to install old version of Linux, he can > still get it? Let linux-kernel email list know and cc to me also. Thank > you very much for helping.
I asked ftpadmin@kernel.org for space. I had a talk with our dorm admins and they told me they wouldn't like a horde of people downloading 100MB out of our network ;) so could you please suggest a few other sites where I could ask for space?
btw, I forgot almost, this distro is in German - they've even internationalized all kernel messages. But that shouldn't be too much of a problem :)
-- _ciao, Jens_______________________________ http://www.pinguin.conetix.de
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