some linux history online...

just a fun read: 1. "As of March 17, 1993, the current version of Linux is 0.99 patchlevel 7." 2. "Linux runs only on 386/486 machines with an ISA or EISA bus." http://www.bombthebox.com/Archive/Linux/ article: Linux - Free Unix Information Sheet.txt -- elko - To unsubs

Re: Plain 2.4.5 VM...

le" changed. > > its a giant bug. Or do you want to add 128Gb of unused swap to a full > kitted out Xeon box - or 512Gb to a big athlon ??? this bug is biting me too and I do NOT like it ! if it's a *giant* bug, then why is LK-2.4 called a *stable* kernel ?? -- Elko Holl -

/dev/pts question

that rely on them. would it be possible/sane to make like a /dev/* (some sort of a /dev/B-compatible) besides /dev/pts, where the kernel `translates' the /dev/ request to /dev/* and then `translate' that to the correct /dev/pts entry ?? at least, something like that... -- elko - To unsubs