README for SourceMage i386/ppc 0.9.3 Install CD
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Please report bugs in bugzilla (http://bugs.sourcemage.org/),
describing your hardware and symptoms.
1) What's new in this release?
* Using a 2.6.8.1 kernel
* NPTL has been removed
* Native support of udev and static /dev
* Installs a bootable system
* Works better:
- yaboot/lilo/grub have been tested with or without a separate /boot
partition
* All software have been compiled using stable sorcery/grimoire, with few
patches.
2) Software on the ISO
bash 2.05b
bzip2 1.0.2
console-data 1999.08.29
console-tools 0.2.3
coreutils 5.2.1
cpio 2.5
devfsd v1.3.25
device-mapper 1.00.19
dhcpcd 1.3.22-pl4
dialog 1.0-20040721
diffutils 2.8.1
e2fsprogs 1.35
elvis 2.2_0
file 4.10
findutils 4.1.20
gawk 3.1.4
gdbm 1.8.3
gettext 0.14.1
glibc 2.3.2
glibc-kernel-headers 2.6.8.1
grep 2.5.1
gzip 1.2.4b
hdparm 5.7
hotplug 2004_04_01
init.d 2.1.4
jed 0.99-17
jfsutils 1.1.6
less 382
libpcap 0.8.3
linux 2.6.8.1
lvm 2.00.24
make 3.80
module-init-tools 3.1-pre5
nano 1.3.4
ncurses 5.4
netconf 1.5
netkit-base 0.17
netkit-ping 0.17
net-tools 1.60
nfs-utils 1.0.6
openssh 3.9p1
openssl 0.9.7d
parted 1.6.14
patch 2.5.4
pciutils 2.1.11
pcmcia-cs 3.2.8
popt 1.7
portmap 4
ppp 2.4.2
procinfo 18
procps 3.2.3
raidtools 1.00.3
readline 5.0
reiserfsprogs 3.6.18
rpmunpack 0
rp-pppoe 3.5
sed 4.1.2
shadow 4.0.4.1
simpleinit-msb 1.2
slang 1.4.9
sysfsutils 1.2.0
tar 1.14
tcp_wrappers 7.6
tdb 1.0.6
texinfo 4.7
udev 032
unzip 5.51
util-linux 2.12d
wget 1.9.1
which 2.16
wireless_tools 26
xfsprogs 2.6.3
xinetd 2.3.13
zlib 1.2.1
ppc specific:
hfsutils 3.2.6
mac-fdisk 0.1.orig
mktemp 1.5
yaboot 1.3.12
3) Software installed by the ISO (some of then are optionals)
autoconf 2.59
bash 2.05b
binutils 2.15
bison 1.875b
bzip2 1.0.2
ccache 2.4
console-data 1999.08.29
console-tools 0.2.3
coreutils 5.2.1
cpio 2.5
cvs 1.12.9
device-mapper 1.00.19
dhcpcd 1.3.22-pl4
dialog 1.0-20040721
diffutils 2.8.1
distcc 2.14
e2fsprogs 1.35
elvis 2.2_0
EthStatus 0.3.0
file 4.10
findutils 4.1.20
flex 2.5.27
gawk 3.1.4
gcc 3.3.3
gdbm 1.8.3
gettext 0.14.1
glib 1.2.10
glibc 2.3.2
glibc-kernel-headers 2.6.8.1
glibc 2.3.2
glibc-kernel-headers 2.6.8.1
glibc-kernel-headers 2.6.8.1
grep 2.5.1
groff 1.19.1
gzip 1.2.4b
hdparm 5.7
hfsutils 3.2.6
hotplug 2004_04_01
init.d 2.1.4
installwatch 0.6.3
irssi 0.8.9
jed 0.99-17
jfsutils 1.1.6
less 382
libol 0.3.13
libpcap 0.8.3
links 0.98
linux 2.6.8.1
lvm 2.00.24
m4 1.4.2
mac-fdisk 0.1.orig
make 3.80
man 1.5o
man-pages 1.67
man-pages 1.67
metalog 0.7
minicom 2.1
mktemp 1.5
module-init-tools 3.1-pre5
mutt 1.4.2i
nano 1.3.4
nasm 0.98.38
ncurses 5.4
netconf 1.5
netkit-base 0.17
netkit-ping 0.17
net-tools 1.60
nfs-utils 1.0.6
nmap 3.70
openssh 3.9p1
openssl 0.9.7d
patch 2.5.4
pciutils 2.1.11
pcre 4.5
perl 5.8.5
pkgconfig 0.15.0
popt 1.7
portmap 4
ppp 2.4.2
procinfo 18
procps 3.2.3
raidtools 1.00.3
readline 5.0
reiserfsprogs 3.6.18
rpmunpack 0
rp-pppoe 3.5
screen 4.0.2
sed 4.1.2
shadow 4.0.4.1
simpleinit-msb 1.2
slang 1.4.9
sysfsutils 1.2.0
sysklogd 1.4.1
syslog-ng 1.6.2
tar 1.14
tcp_wrappers 7.6
texinfo 4.7
udev 032
unzip 5.51
uptimed 0.3.1
util-linux 2.12d
vim 6.3
wget 1.9.1
which 2.16
wireless_tools 26
xfsprogs 2.6.3
xinetd 2.3.13
yaboot 1.3.12
zlib 1.2.1
i386 specific:
bin86 0.16.16
grub 0.93
lilo 22.6
ppc specific:
hfsutils 3.2.6
mac-fdisk 0.1.orig
mktemp 1.5
yaboot 1.3.12
4) Hardware Issues
* The ppc version should boot on New World machine exclusively (due to
the use of yaboot only). Press 'c' when your computer starts to boot from
the CD-ROM.
* On the ppc CD, everything has been compiled for 740 cpus (i.e. G3,
G4 and G5 apple models), so don't bother trying if you have an
earlier model.
* on the i386 CD, everything has been compiled for i386 cpu, so it should
on all newer cpus.
5) Known problems
* on ppc, don't use the sorcery combreloc option. It is not supported by gcc.
* on ppc, don't use the sorcery strip option when compiling linux, the
compilation will fail near the end.
* on ppc, the french keyboard is not well supported.
* the RAID menu is not working at all.
6) References:
- SourceMage GNU/Linux download site:
http://download.sourcemage.org/
- SourceMage GNU/Linux wiki:
http://wiki.sourcemage.org/
- SourceMage GNU/Linux irc channel (english):
irc://irc.freenode.net/#sourcemage
- SourceMage GNU/Linux irc channel (french):
irc://irc.freenode.net/#sourcemagefr
7) Credits
* Thanks to Javier 'de_Moya' Lopez Baeza
<JavierLopezBaeza@hotmail.com> for previous ppc ISO and Kevin 'Unet'
Dahan for the 0.8.1-ppc iso.
October 26, 2004
Benoit PAPILLAULT <benoit.papillault@sourcemage.org>