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<H2><A NAME="s14">14. Administrivia</A></H2>
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<H2><A NAME="ss14.1">14.1 Copyright</A>
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<P>This document is copyright (c) 1999, 2000 Greg O'Keefe. You are welcome
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to use, copy, distribute or modify it, without charge, under the terms of the
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<A HREF="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">GNU General Public Licence</A>.
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Please acknowledge me if you use all or part of this in another document.
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<H2><A NAME="ss14.2">14.2 Homepage</A>
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<P>The lastest version of this document lives at
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<A HREF="http://www.netspace.net.au/~gok/power2bash">From Powerup To Bash Prompt</A>
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as does its companion ``Building a Minimal Linux System from Source Code''.
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<P>There is a French translation at
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<A HREF="http://www.freenix.fr/unix/linux/HOWTO/From-PowerUp-To-Bash-Prompt-HOWTO.html">From Powerup To Bash Prompt</A> thanks to Dominique van den Broeck.
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A Japanese by Yuji Senda is coming soon, if it's not at
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<A HREF="http://www.linux.or.jp/JF">Japanese Documentation and FAQ Project</A>
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already.
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<H2><A NAME="ss14.3">14.3 Feedback</A>
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<P>I would like to hear any comments, criticisms and suggestions for improvement
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that you have. Please send them to me
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<A HREF="mailto:gcokeefe@postoffice.utas.edu.au">Greg O'Keefe</A><P>
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<H2><A NAME="acknowledge"></A> <A NAME="ss14.4">14.4 Acknowledgements</A>
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<P>Product names are trademarks of the respective holders, and are hereby
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considered properly acknowledged.
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<P>There are some people I want to say thanks to, for helping to make this happen.
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<DT><B>Michael Emery</B><DD><P>For reminding me about Unios.
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<DT><B>Tim Little</B><DD><P>For some good clues about <CODE>/etc/passwd</CODE>
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<DT><B>sPaKr on #linux in efnet</B><DD><P>Who sussed out that syslogd needs <CODE>/etc/services</CODE>,
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and introduced me to the phrase ``rolling your own'' to
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describe building a system from source code.
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<DT><B>Alex Aitkin</B><DD><P>For bringing Vico and his ``verum ipsum factum''
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(understanding arises through making) to my attention.
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<DT><B>Dennis Scott</B><DD><P>For correcting my hexidecimal arithmetic.
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<DT><B>jdd</B><DD><P>For pointing out some typos.
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<DT><B>David Leadbeater</B><DD><P>For contributing some ``ramblings'' about the kernel deamons.
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<DT><B>Dominique van den Broeck </B><DD><P>For translating this doc into French.
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<DT><B>Matthieu Peeters </B><DD><P>For some good information about kernel deamons.
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<DT><B>John Fremlin</B><DD><P>For some good information about kernel deamons.
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<DT><B>Yuji Senda</B><DD><P>For the Japanese translation.
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<DT><B>Antonius de Rozari</B><DD><P>For contributing a GNU assembler version of UNIOS
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(see resources section on the home page)
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<H2><A NAME="ss14.5">14.5 Change History</A>
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<H3>0.8 -> 0.9 (November 2000)</H3>
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<LI>Incorporated some information from Matthieu Peeters
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and John Fremlin on
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kernel deamons and the <CODE>/proc</CODE> filesystem.</LI>
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<H3>0.7 -> 0.8 (September 2000)</H3>
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<LI> Removed instructions on how to build a system, placing them in a
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separate document. Adjusted a few links accordingly.</LI>
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<LI> Changed homepage from
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<A HREF="http://learning.taslug.org.au/power2bash">learning@TasLUG</A>
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to
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<A HREF="http://www.netspace.net.au/~gok/power2bash">my own webspace</A>.</LI>
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<LI> Completely failed to incorporate a lot of good material
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contributed by various people. Maybe next time :(</LI>
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<H3>0.6 -> 0.7</H3>
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<LI>more emphasis on explanation, less on how to build a system,
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building info gathered together in a separate section
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and the system built is trimmed down,
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direct readers to Gerard Beekmans' ``Linux From Scratch'' doc
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for serious building</LI>
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<LI>added some ramblings contributed by David Leadbeater</LI>
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<LI>fixed a couple of url's, added link to unios download at
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learning.taslug.org.au/resources</LI>
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<LI>tested and fixed url's</LI>
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<LI>generally rewrite, tidy up</LI>
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<H3>0.5 -> 0.6</H3>
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<LI>added change history</LI>
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<LI>added some todos</LI>
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<H2><A NAME="ss14.6">14.6 TODO</A>
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<LI>explain kernel modules, depmod, modprobe, insmod and all that
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(I'll have to find out first!)</LI>
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<LI>mention the /proc filesystem, potential for exercises here</LI>
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<LI>convert to docbook sgml</LI>
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<LI>add more exercises, perhaps a whole section on larger exercises,
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like creating a minimal system file by file from a distro
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install.</LI>
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<LI>add makefile hack to bash build instructions - see easter notes.</LI>
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