4 This document is designed to provide a list of the minimum levels of
5 software necessary to run the 2.3 kernels, as well as provide brief
6 instructions regarding any other "Gotchas" users may encounter when
7 trying life on the Bleeding Edge. If upgrading from a pre-2.2.x
8 kernel, please consult the Changes file included with 2.2.x kernels for
9 additional information; most of that information will not be repeated
10 here. Basically, this document assumes that your system is already
11 functional and running at least 2.2.x kernels.
13 It is originally based on my "Changes" file for 2.2.x kernels and
14 therefore owes credit to the same people as that file (Jared Mauch,
15 Axel Boldt, Alessandro Sigala, and countless other users all over the
16 'net). Please feel free to submit changes, corrections, gripes,
17 flames, money, etc. to me (kaboom@gatech.edu). If you do so, you don't
18 need to bother doing so in the form of a diff, as this is generated by
19 texinfo so a diff is useless anyway (though I can incorporate one by
20 hand if you insist upon sending it that way ;-).
22 For those of you in Europe,
23 http://www.datanet.hu/generations/linux/Changes2.html is an
24 English-language HTML version.
26 The most current version should always be available from
27 http://cyberbuzz.gatech.edu/kaboom/linux/ as well.
30 http://www.linux-france.com/article/sys/Changes-2.2/Changes-2.2.1.html
31 pour la traduction français.
33 Also, don't forget http://www.linuxhq.com/ for all your Linux kernel
36 Last updated: Feb 21, 2000
37 Current Author: Chris Ricker (kaboom@gatech.edu or chris.ricker@m.cc.utah.edu).
39 Current Minimal Requirements
40 ****************************
42 Upgrade to at *least* these software revisions before thinking you've
43 encountered a bug! If you're unsure what version you're currently
44 running, the suggested command should tell you.
46 - Kernel modutils 2.3.10 ; insmod -V
47 - Gnu C 2.7.2.3 ; gcc --version
48 - Binutils 2.9.1.0.7 ; ld -v
49 - Linux libc5 C Library 5.4.46 ; ls -l /lib/libc*
50 - Linux libc6 C Library 2.0.7pre6 ; ls -l /lib/libc*
51 - Dynamic Linker (ld.so) 1.9.9 ; ldd --version or ldd -v
52 - Linux C++ Library 2.7.2.8 ; ls -l /usr/lib/libg++.so.*
53 - Procps 1.2.9 ; ps --version
54 - Procinfo 16 ; procinfo -v
55 - Psmisc 17 ; pstree -V
56 - Net-tools 1.50 ; hostname -V
58 - Sh-utils 1.16 ; basename --v
59 - Autofs 3.1.1 ; automount --version
60 - NFS (client) 2.2beta40 ; showmount --version
61 - nfs-utils (server) 0.1.4
62 - Bash 1.14.7 ; bash -version
63 - Ncpfs 2.2.0 ; ncpmount -v
64 - Pcmcia-cs 3.1.2 ; cardmgr -V
65 - PPP 2.3.11 ; pppd --version
66 - Util-linux 2.9i ; chsh -v
67 - isdn4k-utils v3.1beta7 ; isdnctrl 2>&1|grep version
75 To use System V shared memory, you have to mount the shm filesystem
76 somewhere. You can do that automatically by adding this line to /etc/fstab:
78 none /var/shm shm defaults 0 0
80 Remember to create the mountpoint directory; it does not have to be /var/shm.
82 <CTRL><ALT><DEL> now performs a cold reboot instead of a warm reboot
83 for increased hardware compatibility. If you want a warm reboot and
84 know it works on your hardware, add a "reboot=warm" command line option
85 in LILO. A small number of machines need "reboot=bios" to reboot via
88 Also, please remember that cua* devices are now obsolete. Switch to
89 the corresponding ttyS* device instead (e.g., cua0 -> ttyS0, cua1 ->
92 In addition, some software still works, but needs to be compiled
93 against 2.2 headers for complete functionality. Fdutils binaries
94 compiled under 2.0 or earlier kernels should be replaced with ones
95 compiled under 2.2, for example.
97 As of 2.1.115, support for the deprecated major 4 /dev/ttyp* devices
98 was removed. If necessary (eg, you get "out of pty" error messages when
99 you obviously are not out of pty's), create major 3 /dev/tty* and major
100 2 /dev/pty* devices (see Documentation/devices.txt for more
101 information). In general, you should make sure that your /dev
102 directory is up-to-date if you are experiencing any problems.
104 Optional support for Unix98 pty devices has also been added. If you
105 want to use the Unix98 ptys, you should be running at least
106 glibc-2.0.9x, and you must switch completely to Unix98 pty's. The
107 general procedure for configuring Unix98 pty support is:
109 - Compile your kernel with CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS and CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS.
110 - mknod /dev/ptmx c 5 2
115 none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
117 (Note: gid=5 is applicable for Red Hat systems for which group "tty" has
118 gid 5. Adjust according to your distribution. Use mode=600 if you want
119 "mesg n" to be default.)
122 Frame buffer consoles ("fbcon") are now in the kernel for all
123 platforms, not just those non-Intel ones for which VGA text mode is
124 impossible. VGAcon is still available for those who want it, but fbcon
125 has the advantage of providing a uniform graphical subsystem across all
126 Linux ports, and it displays a spiffy penguin logo on boot-up ;-). For
127 more information, see the files in Documentation/fb/ ; you may also
128 need to download the fbset utilities.
133 Linux-2.2 is ELF-only. You can still compile a.out apps if you
134 really want, but your kernel must be compiled ELF. If you can't
135 currently compile ELF, consult the ELF howto at
136 http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/ELF-HOWTO.html and upgrade your system
139 For modules to work, you need to be running libc-5.4.x or greater.
140 Since updates to libc fix other problems as well (security flaws, for
141 example) and since 5.4.7 is missing a few needed symbols, try to get
142 the latest 5.4.x you can. Currently, libc-5.4.46 is the latest public
145 If you upgrade to libc-5.4.x, you also have to upgrade your dynamic
146 linker (ld.so) to at least 1.9.9, or all sorts of weirdness will
147 happen. Actually, ld.so-1.8.2 and later will work, but 1.9.9 is widely
148 available, so if you need to upgrade, use it. If you get a release
149 later than 1.8.5, avoid 1.8.10 as it introduces a few bugs that are
150 fixed in later releases. Please make sure you don't install ld.so-2.x
151 unless you're running glibc2 / libc6.
153 If you upgrade to libc-5.4.x, you may also need to upgrade ypbind if
154 you're using NIS. For ypbind and glibc, you'll probably need the
155 ypbind-3.3-glibc5.diff patch available in the same place as the ypbind
158 If you upgrade to libc-5.4.46, please read and pay attention to its
159 accompanying release notes. The section about it breaking make is not a
165 Older versions of GNU libc (libc6) have a bug in the dynamic linker.
166 /etc/ld.so.cache gets mapped into memory and is never unmapped. If one
167 of your boot scripts calls ldconfig, /etc/ld.so.cache is deleted. Init,
168 however, still references that file; as of 2.1.122, the kernel will
169 consequently not be able to remount the root file system r/o at system
170 shutdown. To fix this, upgrade to at least the pre6 release of GNU
171 libc 2.0.7. As a temporary workaround, modify your boot scripts to do
172 the following before calling ldconfig:
174 ln -f /etc/ld.so.cache /etc/ld.so.cache.old
179 You need to upgrade to the latest version of modutils for the Linux
180 2.3 kernel. This version can also be built to work with your 2.0 kernel.
182 As of 2.1.90-pre1, kerneld has been replaced by a kernel thread,
183 kmod. See Documentation/kmod.txt for more information. The main
184 user-level change this requires is modification to your init scripts to
185 check for the absence of /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe before starting
191 If you upgrade binutils, please read its accompanying release notes
192 to find out the proper way to upgrade it. No, the instruction to "rm
193 `which encaps`" is not a joke.
195 You must use binutils 2.9.1.0.7 or later. Latest release is 2.9.1.0.25.
196 Beware that binutils 2.9.1 (note the absence of a suffix) from the FSF
197 does not work. If you are upgrading from earlier versions, you should
198 consider upgrading to the latest 2.9.5.0.x (beta) release.
203 You need at least GCC 2.7.2 to compile the kernel. If you're
204 upgrading from an earlier release, you might as well get GCC 2.7.2.3,
205 the latest stable public release. If you already have GCC 2.7.2 on
206 your system, you don't have to upgrade just so the kernel will work
207 (though feel free to upgrade if you want the gcc bug fixes).
209 Note that the latest compilers (egcs, pgcc, gcc 2.8) may do Bad
210 Things while compiling your kernel, particularly if absurd
211 optimizations (like -O9) are used. Caveat emptor. Currently, the only
212 C compiler available in a binary distribution is egcs. Version 1.0.3
213 seems okay; if you have to have a binary, you may be successful using
214 that. In general, however, gcc-2.7.2.3 is known to be stable, while
215 egcs and others have not been as thoroughly tested yet.
220 Please read Documentation/networking/routing.txt and
221 Documentation/networking/policy-routing.txt for more information about
222 changes in routing code. OSPF classes have been added, and interface
223 routes are generated automatically.
225 If for some reason you need to override this automatic default
226 routing, you have to specify the complete route specification (netmask,
227 device, etc.) for the kernel to accept it. Consequently, you need to
228 either remove interface routes from your init scripts or add missing
229 information to them if you need to replace the automatic routes.
231 Also note that some routes, such as loopback routes, do not show up
232 in some standard tools. Check in /proc/net/rt_local to verify their
235 To turn on IP forwarding, issue the following command: echo 1 >
236 /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
238 Similar procedures are necessary to turn on other features. If
239 something appears broken, check the /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ directory. "1"
240 generally denotes enabled, while "0" generally denotes disabled.
242 If you're experiencing reports of lots of network errors, chances
243 are you need to upgrade to a more recent net-tools that understands the
244 new /proc/net/dev format. This will also provide support for new
247 The IP firewalling and NAT code has been replaced again. The
248 actual modules (including ipfwadm and ipchains backwards-compatibility
249 modules) are currently distributed separately: see
250 http://antarctica.penguincomputing.com/~netfilter/
251 http://www.samba.org/netfilter/
252 http://netfilter.kernelnotes.org
254 DHCP clients for 2.0 do not work with the new networking code in the
255 2.2 kernel. You will need to upgrade your dhcpcd / dhcpclient.
257 In 2.0.x the kernel could be configured to drop source routed IP
258 packets via a compile time configuration option. In 2.2.x, this has
259 been replaced by a sysctl. See Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
260 for more information.
265 As of 2.1.41, the format of /proc/meminfo has changed. This broke
266 many memory utils, which have to be upgraded. Get the new procps-1.2
267 and you should be set.
272 The NFS code in the kernel is currently being revised, resulting in
273 much-improved performance. Also, amd is being phased out in favor of
274 the much better autofs. You'll also have to get the appropriate utils
275 to use autofs as well as the new NFS utils. In addition, you have the
276 choice of user-land NFS or kernel-level NFS (knfs).
278 Util-linux (including mount)
279 ============================
281 Among other changes made in the development of Linux kernel 2.2, the
282 128 meg limit on IA32 swap partition sizes has been eliminated. To use
283 larger swap spaces, you need the new mkswap found in util-linux. You
284 also need to upgrade util-linux to get the latest version of mount.
286 Partitions on 2048 byte sectored media (certain magneto opticals
287 most prominently) were broken throughout the whole of 2.1 kernel
288 series, meaning that you will be unable to use 2.1-partitioned media on
289 Linux 2.2. This is not a 2.2 bug - 2.2 finally does the right thing!
290 [If you have to interchange media between Linux 2.1 and 2.2, your best
291 bet is to not use partitions at all but create the filesystem on the
292 raw device (e.g. /dev/sda) instead. This is also known as the
295 To properly create partitions on 2048 byte sectored media with Linux
296 2.2, be sure to use no less than fdisk version 2.9i and invoke fdisk
297 using '-b 2048' as an option.
303 If you run Red Hat Linux or any other distribution that uses RPM,
304 you need to upgrade RPM to a 2.5.x or later version.
309 A new "stable" version of DOSEMU is available for 2.2 kernels.
310 Upgrade to 0.98.4 or later.
315 Linux 2.1.22 and later releases use a new method of memory size
316 detection, requiring loadlin users to upgrade to loadlin-1.6a.
321 As of Linux-2.1.26, the Configure script ("make config") has been
322 updated to be POSIX-compliant. As a result, your expr needs to be
323 updated. Use sh-utils 1.16 or later.
328 As of 2.1.33, parallel port support can now by handled by the parport
329 driver. Be aware that your parallel port may no longer be where you
330 expect it; for example, LPT1 (under DOS) was sometimes /dev/lp1 in
331 Linux, but will probably be /dev/lp0 with the new parport driver. If
332 printing breaks with the new driver, try checking your lpd
333 configuration. A good source of more information is the
334 Documentation/parport.txt file included with the kernel.
339 If you experience random problems (stuck lines, lost characters,
340 etc.) with serial lines under recent kernels, upgrading setserial
346 When you build your kernel with Syncookie support
347 (CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES) the syncookie code still defaults to off (unlike
348 the 2.0.30+ behavior). You have to explicitly enable it by issuing the
349 following command: echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_syncookies
354 Old versions of Bash fail to properly handle symlinks, which can
355 cause problems when compiling modules. Upgrade to at least 1.14 to fix
361 Older versions of sysklogd sometimes segfault under 2.2 kernels.
362 Upgrading to the latest release fixes that problem as well as adding
363 support for new features like system power-off on halt (with
364 appropriate incantations of halt; see the man page) and automatic
365 decoding of kernel oopses.
370 To mount NetWare shares, you'll need to upgrade to a more recent
371 version of the ncpfs utils.
376 To mount SMB (Samba / Windows) shares, you'll need to use the
377 smbmount utility included with release 2.0 of Samba.
378 Documentation/filesystems/smbfs.txt has more information about this.
379 Note that smbmount must have been built against 2.2 headers to work
380 with 2.2; if all else fails, recompile it and hope it works ;-). In
381 addition, Mike Warfield has a script and some information at
382 http://www.wittsend.com/mhw/smbmount.html that you will probably find
388 If you use pcmcia cards, you'll need to upgrade the daemon and
389 support utils to the latest release of pcmcia-cs.
394 Due to changes in the PPP driver and routing code, those of you
395 using PPP networking will need to upgrade your pppd to at least
396 version 2.3.11. See ftp://cs.anu.edu.au/pub/software/ppp/ for newest
399 You must make sure that the special device file /dev/ppp exists.
400 It can be made by executing this command as root:
402 mknod /dev/ppp c 108 0
404 If you have built ppp support as modules, you should put the lines
405 below in your /etc/modules.conf file. I assume you want asynchronous
406 ppp; replace ppp_async by ppp_synctty if you want synchronous ppp.
408 alias char-major-108 ppp_generic
409 alias tty-ldisc-3 ppp_async
414 A new version of iBCS is necessary for 2.2 kernels.
419 Use the Asun version of netatalk for AppleTalk support, as Umich's
420 version is not compatible with 2.2 kernels.
425 fuser, which comes with psmisc, reads /proc/*/fd/* to do its job.
426 Upgrade psmisc if 2.2 changes to /proc broke the version you're using.
431 A new version of tunelp is available which will allow you to enable
432 "trustirq" mode, improving printing while using IRQ-driven lp ports.
437 Linux PCI utils are available; these include lspci, which displays
438 detailed information about your system's PCI devices (much more than
439 the basic things in /proc/pci), and setpci, which allows you to read
440 and write PCI configuration registers of your devices.
445 The PCI Bridge Optimization has been removed from the kernel. If you
446 think your BIOS does a poor job when setting up your chipset, there
447 is a utility called PowerTweak whose job is to tune chipset parameters.
452 Changes to the /proc interface require a recent xosview.
457 Current releases of Real Player 5.0 depend on a bug in the sound
458 sub-system which is no longer there. Consequently, they don't work.
459 Real is aware of the problem and should have an updated version of the
460 software available shortly. In the mean time, you can always try
461 backing up your copy of rvplayer, and then editing it by:
463 dd if=/dev/zero of=rvplayer bs=1 count=1 seek=657586 conv=notrunc
464 dd if=/dev/zero of=rvplayer bs=1 count=1 seek=665986 conv=notrunc
466 If you're lucky, you'll then have sound....
468 You may also need to edit it with
470 dd if=/dev/zero of=rvplayer bs=1 count=1 seek=702554 conv=notrunc
472 as well. Alternately, download rpopen from
473 http://onramp.i2k.com/~jeffd/rpopen/ and pre-load it before you run
474 rvplayer (it's a shared object which blocks rvplayer from doing the
475 NONBLOCKing open of /dev/dsp).
480 If you are using large quotas, you should upgrade your quota utils;
481 newer versions count file sizes in blocks instead of bytes, providing
482 an upper limit of terabytes instead of 4 GB.
487 Most distributed ping clients are buggy. Get an updated one from the
493 Really old versions of patch cannot delete files. This can be a
494 problem if you try to upgrade via patches. If, for example, you are
495 unable to compile Linux 2.2, you may have an outdated version of patch.
496 Upgrade, re-patch the kernel, and try again.
501 If you use process accounting, you need to recompile the package
502 against 2.2 kernel includes for it to work properly. Furthermore, when
503 you do so, watch out for a quirky configure script. Your generated
504 config.h file needs to
506 #define HAVE_LINUX_ACCT_H
508 but instead it often has
510 /* #undef HAVE_LINUX_ACCT_H */
512 so be sure to check that when you recompile.
516 Since 2.3.27 here is a new length of the phonenumber field, old utils
517 have to recompile, a upgrade to isdn4k-utils.v3.1beta7 or later is
519 Older isdn4k-utils versions don't support EXTRAVERSION into kernel version
522 Logical Volume Manager
523 ======================
524 Since 2.3.47 the kernel contains the Logical Volume Manager aka LVM. To use it,
525 you need to install the LVM tools. More information can be found at the home page
526 of the LVM project at http://linux.msede.com/lvm/.
529 Where to get the files
530 **********************
535 The 2.9.1.0.25 release:
536 ftp://ftp.varesearch.com/pub/support/hjl/binutils/2.9.1/binutils-2.9.1.0.25-glibc.x86.tar.gz
537 ftp://ftp.varesearch.com/pub/support/hjl/binutils/2.9.1/binutils-2.9.1.0.25.tar.gz
539 ftp://ftp.varesearch.com/pub/support/hjl/binutils/2.9.1/release.binutils-2.9.1.0.25
541 The 2.9.5.0.22 release:
542 ftp://ftp.varesearch.com/pub/support/hjl/binutils/binutils-2.9.5.0.22.tar.bz2
544 ftp://ftp.varesearch.com/pub/support/hjl/binutils/release.binutils-2.9.5.0.22
549 The egcs-1.0.3 release:
550 ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC/egcs-1.0.3-glibc.x86.tar.bz2
551 ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC/egcs-1.0.3-libc5.x86.tar.bz2
552 ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/egcs-1.0.3-glibc.x86.tar.bz2
553 ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/egcs-1.0.3-libc5.x86.tar.bz2
555 ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC/release.egcs-1.0.3
556 ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/release.egcs-1.0.3
558 Gnu C 2.7.2.3 source:
559 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/gcc-2.7.2.3.tar.gz
560 ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/gnu/gcc-2.7.2.3.tar.gz
565 The (libc5) 5.4.46 release:
566 ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC/libc-5.4.46.bin.tar.gz
567 ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/libc-5.4.46.bin.tar.gz
568 Installation notes for 5.4.46:
569 ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC/release.libc-5.4.46
570 ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/release.libc-5.4.46
572 The (libc6) GNU libc 2.0.7pre6 release:
573 ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/software/libs/glibc/glibc-2.0.7pre6.tar.gz
574 ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/software/libs/glibc/glibc-2.0.7pre6.tar.bz2
580 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libg++/libg++-2.7.2.tar.gz
586 ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC/ld.so-1.9.9.tar.gz
587 ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/ld.so-1.9.9.tar.gz
593 ftp://ftp.ocs.com.au/pub/modutils/v2.3/modutils-2.3.10.tar.gz
599 ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/sources/usr.bin/procps-1.2.9.tar.gz
600 ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/status/ps/procps-1.2.9.tgz
606 ftp://ftp.cistron.nl/pub/people/svm/procinfo-16.tar.gz
612 ftp://lrcftp.epfl.ch/pub/linux/local/psmisc/psmisc-17.tar.gz
613 ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/status/ps/psmisc-17.tar.gz
618 The 2.5.1 source release:
619 ftp://ftp.rpm.org/pub/rpm/dist/rpm-2.5.x/rpm-2.5.1-1.src.rpm
620 ftp://ftp.rpm.org/pub/rpm/dist/rpm-2.5.x/rpm-2.5.1.tar.gz
626 ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/ALPHA/dosemu/dosemu-0.98.4.tgz
627 ftp://ftp.dosemu.org/dosemu/dosemu-0.98.4.tgz
633 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/loadlin/update-1.6a/loadlin.exe.gz
634 ftp://elserv.ffm.fgan.de/pub/linux/loadlin-1.6/update-1.6a/loadlin.exe.gz
640 ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/gnu/sh-utils-1.16.tar.gz
641 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/sh-utils/sh-utils-1.16.tar.gz
647 ftp://ftp.win.tue.nl/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/util-linux-2.9i.tar.gz
653 ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/daemons/autofs/autofs-3.1.3.tar.gz
658 The user-land 2.2beta40 release:
659 ftp://ftp.mathematik.th-darmstadt.de/pub/linux/okir/dontuse/nfs-server-2.2beta40.tar.gz
660 ftp://linux.nrao.edu/mirrors/fb0429.mathematik.th-darmstadt.de/pub/linux/okir/dontuse/nfs-server-2.2beta40.tar.gz
662 The kernel-level nfs-utils-0.1.4 release:
663 ftp://nfs.sourceforge.net/pub/nfs/nfs-utils-0.1.4.tar.gz
669 ftp://ftp.cs-ipv6.lancs.ac.uk/pub/Code/Linux/Net_Tools/net-tools-1.50.tar.gz
670 http://www.tazenda.demon.co.uk/phil/net-tools/net-tools-1.50.tar.gz
676 ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/net/NIS/ypbind-3.3.tar.gz
682 ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/daemons/sysklogd-1.3-31.tar.gz
688 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/bash-1.14.7.tar.gz
691 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/bash-2.02.1.tar.gz
697 ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/ncpfs/ncpfs-2.2.0.tgz
702 The 2.0.0 release of Samba:
703 ftp://ftp.samba.org/pub/samba/samba-2.0.0.tar.gz
709 ftp://sourceforge.org/pcmcia/pcmcia-cs-3.1.2.tar.gz
715 ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/sources/sbin/setserial-2.15.tar.gz
716 ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/serial/setserial-2.15.tar.gz
722 ftp://cs.anu.edu.au/pub/software/ppp/ppp-2.3.11.tar.gz
728 ftp://ftp.rustcorp.com/ipchains/ipchains-1.3.8.tar.gz
729 ftp://ftp.rustcorp.com/ipchains/ipchains-1.3.8.tar.bz2
735 http://juanjox.linuxhq.com/ipmasqadm-0.4.2.tar.gz
740 The 2.0b1p18 ISC dhcpclient release:
741 ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/dhcp/test/dhcp-2.0b1pl8.tar.gz
743 The 1.3.17-pl2 PhysTech dhcpcd release:
744 ftp://ftp.phystech.com/pub/dhcpcd-1.3.17-pl2.tar.gz
749 The 11/05/98 release:
750 ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/BETA/ibcs2/ibcs-2.1-981105-ALPHA.tar.gz
755 The 2.0a18.2 release:
756 ftp://ftp.u.washington.edu/pub/user-supported/asun/netatalk-1.4b2+asun2.0a18.2.tar.gz
761 The 11/04/98 release:
762 http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/bin/fbset-2.0-pre-19981104.tar.gz
768 ftp://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/pub/linux/pci/pciutils-2.1.5.tar.gz
769 ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/hardware/pciutils-2.1.5.tar.gz
775 http://linux.powertweak.com/files/powertweak-0.1.2.tgz
776 ftp://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/pub/linux/pci/powertweak/powertweak-0.1.2.tgz
781 The 0-2.1.131 release:
782 ftp://e-mind.com/pub/linux/tunelp/tunelp-0-2.1.131.tar.gz
788 ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/status/xstatus/xosview-1.6.1.tar.gz
794 ftp://ftp.uk.linux.org/pub/linux/sct/quota/quota-1.55-10.i386.rpm
795 ftp://ftp.uk.linux.org/pub/linux/sct/quota/quota-1.55-10.src.rpm
800 The 03/01/99 release:
801 ftp://ftp.inr.ac.ru/ip-routing/iproute2-2.1.99-now-ss990301.tar.gz
807 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/patch/patch-2.5.tar.gz
812 The v3.1beta7 release:
813 ftp://ftp.isdn4linux.de/pub/isdn4linux/utils/testing/isdn4k-utils.v3.1beta7.tar.gz
815 Logical Volume Manager
816 ======================
819 ftp://linux.msede.com/lvm/v0.7/lvm_0.7.tar.gz
825 Please remember that most of these utils are available on your
826 favorite local linux mirror. If you can, please get them from a closer
827 site before checking metalab or tsx-11.
829 You may also want to check for updated versions of this software in a
830 package format for the distribution you use.
832 For those of you running Red Hat (or RPM on a different
833 distribution), most of these are available in RPM format. Check around
834 your favorite Red Hat mirror site before installing the non-RPM
835 version. Remember, you might need to use the --force option to get the
836 upgrade to install. ftp://contrib.redhat.com/ ,
837 ftp://developer.redhat.com/ , or ftp://updates.redhat.com/ will have
838 almost everything you need, and Red Hat 6.1 ships with most necessary
841 Those of you running Debian (or a different distribution that
842 supports .deb packages) can look in the "unstable" and
843 "project/experimental" directories of your favorite Debian mirror. The
844 Debian 2.2 release will ship with most packages you need as well.
846 Please send info about any other packages that 2.3 "broke" or about any
847 new features of 2.3 that require extra or new packages for use to Chris
848 Ricker (kaboom@gatech.edu or chris.ricker@m.cc.utah.edu).