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diff --git a/docs/busybox.net/oldnews.html b/docs/busybox.net/oldnews.html index 99dd726..d97bb26 100644 --- a/docs/busybox.net/oldnews.html +++ b/docs/busybox.net/oldnews.html @@ -41,6 +41,65 @@ <p> <li> <b>Take me back to the <a href="http://busybox.lineo.com/">BusyBox</a> web site.</b> <hr> + <li> <b>10 April 2001 -- BusyBox 0.51 released</b> + <br> + + BusyBox 0.51 (the "rock-solid release") is now out there. This + release adds only 2 new applets: env and vi. The vi applet, + contributed by Sterling Huxley, is very functional, and is only + 22k. This release fixes 3 critical bugs in the 0.50 release. + There were 2 potential segfaults in lash (the busybox shell) in + the 0.50 release which are now fixed. Another critical bug in + 0.50 which is now fixed: syslogd from 0.50 could potentially + deadlock the init process and thereby break your entire system. + <p> + + There are a number of improvements in this release as well. For + one thing, the wget applet is greatly improved. Dmitry Zakharov + added FTP support, and Laurence Anderson make wget fully RFC + compliant for HTTP 1.1. The mechanism for including utility + functions in previous releases was clumsy and error prone. Now + all utility functions are part of a new libbb library, which makes + maintaining utility functions much simpler. And BusyBox now + compiles on itanium systems (thanks to the Debian itanium porters + for letting me use their system!). + <p> + You can read the + <a href="ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox/Changelog">changelog</a> for + complete details. BusyBox 0.51 can be downloaded from + <a href="ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox">ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox</a>. + <p>Have Fun! + <p> + + <li> <b>Busybox Boot-Floppy Image</b> + + <p>Because you asked for it, we have made available a <a href= + "ftp://opensource.lineo.com/busybox/busybox.floppy.img"> Busybox boot floppy + image</a>. Here's how you use it: + + <ol> + + <li> <a href= "ftp://opensource.lineo.com/busybox/busybox.floppy.img"> + Download the image</a> + + <li> dd it onto a floppy like so: <tt> dd if=busybox.floppy.img + of=/dev/fd0 ; sync </tt> + + <li> Pop it in a machine and boot up. + + </ol> + + <p> If you want to look at the contents of the initrd image, do this: + + <pre> + mount ./busybox.floppy.img /mnt -o loop -t msdos + cp /mnt/initrd.gz /tmp + umount /mnt + gunzip /tmp/initrd.gz + mount /tmp/initrd /mnt -o loop -t minix + </pre> + + <li> <b>15 March 2001 -- BusyBox 0.50 released</b> <br> |