MiniLINUX FOR HAMS v2.2.15
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     Waldemar Ogonowski 1996,1997,1998,1999,2000
       sp2ong@torun.ampr.org
     Andrzej Bednarz 2000
       sq2frb@sq2frb.ampr.org


MiniLinux is a linux mini distribution. It is installed on a Dos partition. 
It comprises of a reduced software bundle - with no development packages.
Linux is a 32 bit UNIX-like multitasking operating system.

There are two objectives of MiniLinux:

1. To demonstrate networking capabilities of the system in the 
   Amatuer Packet Radio Network

2. To convince the hesitant to install a full Linux distribution 
    on a separate partition using EXT2 file system specifically 
    designed for linux.

MiniLinux will help you know the world of UNIX which was once available 
only for big computers.

First version MiniLinux - 1996

What's inside?
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The whole system is based on kernel 2.2.15 with AX.25 support. 
It contains the following elements:

- TCP/IP, SLIP, PLIP, PPP and AX.25 
- support TNC in KISS mode, 6pack
- support modemu YAM
- support ByCom Modem
- support sound card as modem
- support Z8530 USCC card (look /usr/docs/english/USCC.txt
   and /usr/docs/english/z8530drv)
- support LP printer
- support SOCKS, SSL
- support network card 3Com 503, 3Com 509, 3Com 579, 3Com 590,
  3Com 592, 3Com 595, 3Com 597, WD 80*3, SMC EtherPower II,
  NE2000 ISA, NE2000 PCI i SMC ULTRA (for use load module).
  (look /usr/docs/english/Modules)

- Linpac termianl for work on AX.25
- Jnos v1.11e.ONG
- ax25-tools-0.0.5, ax25-apps-0.0.4, libax25-0.0.7.FRB
- LinuxNode v0.0.3-ALPHA-1.FRB-13 
- 7plus, uudecode/uuencode, bzip2, gzip, unzip, uarj, ...itd.
- slrn News Reader NNTP
- mutt programm for mail
- PGP, SSH
- micq

Instalation MiniLinux

You need 45MB to install MiniLinux but after removal of the original 
compressed files the whole system occupies about 30 MB. 
In case of there's less that 8 MB of RAM MiniLinux will add a swap 
file of about 8 MB.

Copy all files to c:\

To install MiniLinux execute mlinux.exe which will 
unpack the distribution. 

NOTE: You cannot install MiniLinux upon a compressed DOS disk 
and you cannot start it from under win95. 
If you are using win95 you'll need to boot your system into 
"command prompt only". 
You do that by pressing F8 while your win95 is booting and then 
selecting command prompt from the menu.

After you get the DOS prompt you can start installing 
and using MiniLinux.

After unpacking the distribution, if you have a TNC or a PK232 for 
packet radio operation, you need to edit c:\linux\linux.bat in order 
to put an appropriate line to make the controllers speak the KISS mode.

If MiniLinux was istalled on a drive other than c: make changes 
to the linux.bat file accordingly:

\linux\boot\loadlin \linux\boot\bzimage root=/dev/hda1 rw

Instead of /dev/hda1 that corresponds to drive C: in dos speak change it
to appropriate value (see description in linux.bat file).
If everything is OK so far launch MiniLinux with the command:

linux.bat


MiniLinux can be downloaded from the following anonymous FTP:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ftp.ampr.torun.pl = /pub/linux/hamradio/linux/minilinux/

All notes and remarks on the mini distribution will be welcome. 
Please send them to:

AmprNet  :  sp1lop@szczecin.ampr.org
Interent :  minilinux@sp1lop.szczecin.pl

							08-V-2000 r.