From ceece81414ed228a935c99c81c39bff6f78ab870 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Andersen Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2001 09:38:30 +0000 Subject: Move a bit more to the old news section --- docs/busybox.net/oldnews.html | 59 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 59 insertions(+) (limited to 'docs/busybox.net/oldnews.html') diff --git a/docs/busybox.net/oldnews.html b/docs/busybox.net/oldnews.html index 99dd726f9..d97bb2684 100644 --- a/docs/busybox.net/oldnews.html +++ b/docs/busybox.net/oldnews.html @@ -41,6 +41,65 @@

  • Take me back to the BusyBox web site.
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  • 10 April 2001 -- BusyBox 0.51 released +
    + + BusyBox 0.51 (the "rock-solid release") is now out there. This + release adds only 2 new applets: env and vi. The vi applet, + contributed by Sterling Huxley, is very functional, and is only + 22k. This release fixes 3 critical bugs in the 0.50 release. + There were 2 potential segfaults in lash (the busybox shell) in + the 0.50 release which are now fixed. Another critical bug in + 0.50 which is now fixed: syslogd from 0.50 could potentially + deadlock the init process and thereby break your entire system. +

    + + There are a number of improvements in this release as well. For + one thing, the wget applet is greatly improved. Dmitry Zakharov + added FTP support, and Laurence Anderson make wget fully RFC + compliant for HTTP 1.1. The mechanism for including utility + functions in previous releases was clumsy and error prone. Now + all utility functions are part of a new libbb library, which makes + maintaining utility functions much simpler. And BusyBox now + compiles on itanium systems (thanks to the Debian itanium porters + for letting me use their system!). +

    + You can read the + changelog for + complete details. BusyBox 0.51 can be downloaded from + ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox. +

    Have Fun! +

    + +

  • Busybox Boot-Floppy Image + +

    Because you asked for it, we have made available a Busybox boot floppy + image. Here's how you use it: + +

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    1. + Download the image + +
    2. dd it onto a floppy like so: dd if=busybox.floppy.img + of=/dev/fd0 ; sync + +
    3. Pop it in a machine and boot up. + +
    + +

    If you want to look at the contents of the initrd image, do this: + +

    +	    mount ./busybox.floppy.img /mnt -o loop -t msdos        
    +	    cp /mnt/initrd.gz /tmp                          
    +	    umount /mnt           
    +	    gunzip /tmp/initrd.gz
    +	    mount /tmp/initrd /mnt -o loop -t minix
    +    
    + +
  • 15 March 2001 -- BusyBox 0.50 released
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