Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 22:11:04 -0500 (EST) From: Tom Oehser <tom@Toms.NET> To: lwn@lwn.net Subject: tomsrtbt-1.7.218 tomsrtbt-1.7.218.tar.gz # to install from Linux tomsrtbt-1.7.218.dos.zip # to install from DOS/W9x tomsrtbt-1.7.218.ElTorito.288.img.bz2 # to install to bootable CD Greetings, I have released a minor update to tomsrtbt, changes since 1.7.185 include: - add ext2fs sparse superblock and filetype support - add DAC960 Mylex RAID controller support - remove dmsdos and dutil (Stacker and DoubleSpace) support - upgrade pax/tar/cpio to read SVR4 cpio formats - upgrade ntfs filesystem version - add md5 sum capability to tomshexd program - fix undeb-- and unrpm-- minimal package extraction - static fdformat and fdflush in install archive - upgrade ext2fs tools to 1.19 - pax/tar/cpio socket extraction fix and vfat segfault fix - upgrade kernel to 2.0.39-final - lie about kernel version (Some explanation about this one: RedHat 7.0 and Fisher have something in the libc to prevent chrooting from an old kernel. There is one command that is used this way from tomsrtbt: "chroot /mnt /sbin/lilo", in order for the lilo executable and boot.b version to match. Tomsrtbt now reports kernel version 102.0.39. It seems to work just fine...) I have not done anything really interesting, or revolutionary; but it is definitely a recommended upgrade. Get it from: http://www.toms.net/rb/. -Tom Oehser