Re: Debian update to the Linux Distribution HOWTO

2001-01-12 Thread Christian Surchi
On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 10:54:53PM -0500, Eric S. Raymond wrote: > That HOWTO should be dead. I have officially withdrawn it. I can't see any notes about its death. I've just seen it on linuxdoc.org. It's useful, maybe you can find some people interested in adopting it. bye Christian -- Christ

Re: Debian update to the Linux Distribution HOWTO

2001-01-12 Thread Adam Di Carlo
"Eric S. Raymond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Adam Di Carlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > In a fit of some sort of bizarre urge, I decided to update the Debian > > entry in the "Linux Distribution HOWTO", which was getting long in the > > tooth. > > That HOWTO should be dead. I have officially with

Re: Debian update to the Linux Distribution HOWTO

2001-01-12 Thread Martin WHEELER
On Thu, 11 Jan 2001, Eric S. Raymond wrote: > That HOWTO should be dead. I have officially withdrawn it. Then could you please resuscitate it, Adam (under your own name now, of course). IMO the document fulfils a useful informational role, and is worth retaining. -- Martin Wheeler -

No mention of OSLOADOPTIONS in documentation for debian ALPHA

2001-01-12 Thread Ivan Kanis
No mention of OSLOADOPTIONS in debian ALPHA setup documentation. It took me a day to figure out how to pass arguments to MILO in debian. I finally figured it out by stumbling on this piece in the RedHat documentation: MILO Autoboot In the ARC and AlphaBIOS consoles, the contents of the OSLOADO

Re: Debian update to the Linux Distribution HOWTO

2001-01-12 Thread Eric S. Raymond
Martin WHEELER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Thu, 11 Jan 2001, Eric S. Raymond wrote: > > > That HOWTO should be dead. I have officially withdrawn it. > > Then could you please resuscitate it, Adam (under your own name now, > of course). > IMO the document fulfils a useful informational role, and is

Re: Debian update to the Linux Distribution HOWTO

2001-01-12 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Martin WHEELER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, 11 Jan 2001, Eric S. Raymond wrote: > > > That HOWTO should be dead. I have officially withdrawn it. > > Then could you please resuscitate it, Adam (under your own name now, > of course). No, I could not. I have no intention, time, or desir

Re: Debian update to the Linux Distribution HOWTO

2001-01-12 Thread Martin WHEELER
On 12 Jan 2001, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > Then you ought to volunteer! OK, if that's how you feel about it -- and if no-one else objects; I'll take over and maintain it as best I can. I don't guarantee the original proposed monthly update; but as it's the sort of text I use on a regular basis mysel