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diff --git a/docs/busybox.net/cvs_write.html b/docs/busybox.net/cvs_write.html index 94ff069..b403323 100644 --- a/docs/busybox.net/cvs_write.html +++ b/docs/busybox.net/cvs_write.html @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ stuff to show you are serious. Then, very nicely ask an account. To access CVS, you will want to add the following to set up your environment: <pre> $ export CVS_RSH=/usr/bin/ssh -$ export CVSROOT='username@codepoet.org:/var/cvs'</pre> +$ export CVSROOT='username@cvs.busybox.net:/var/cvs'</pre> <br> It goes without saying you must change <em>username</em> to your own username... diff --git a/docs/busybox.net/index.html b/docs/busybox.net/index.html index d4ffbb3..92b27c6 100644 --- a/docs/busybox.net/index.html +++ b/docs/busybox.net/index.html @@ -1,388 +1,480 @@ -<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> - -<HTML> -<HEAD> -<TITLE>BusyBox</TITLE> -</HEAD> - -<body text="#000000" alink="#660000" link="#660000" bgcolor="#dee2de" vlink="#660000"> - -<basefont face="lucida, helvetica, arial" size="3"> - - -<CENTER> - <TABLE BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=1 CELLPADDING=2> - <TR> - <td> - <FONT FACE="lucida, helvetica" SIZE=+5> - BUSYBOX - </FONT> - </TD> - </TR> - </TABLE> - <a href="/"><IMG SRC="images/busybox1.png" alt="BusyBox" - border="0" width="164" height="116"></a><BR> - - -<!-- Begin Introduction section --> - - -<TABLE WIDTH="95%" CELLSPACING=1 CELLPADDING=4 BORDER=1> -<TR><TD BGCOLOR="#ccccc0" ALIGN=center> - <A NAME="intro"> <BIG><B> - The Swiss Army Knife of Embedded Linux - </B></BIG></A> -</TD></TR> -<TR><TD BGCOLOR="#eeeee0"> - -BusyBox combines tiny versions of many common UNIX utilities into a single -small executable. It provides minimalist replacements for most of the utilities -you usually find in fileutils, shellutils, findutils, textutils, grep, gzip, -tar, etc. BusyBox provides a fairly complete POSIX environment for any small or -embedded system. The utilities in BusyBox generally have fewer options than -their full featured GNU cousins; however, the options that are included provide -the expected functionality and behave very much like their GNU counterparts. -<p> -BusyBox has been written with size-optimization and limited resources in mind. -It is also extremely modular so you can easily include or exclude commands (or -features) at compile time. This makes it easy to customize your embedded -systems. To create a working system, just add /dev, /etc, and a kernel. -<p> - -BusyBox is maintained by -<a href="http://codepoet.org/andersen/erik/erik.html"> -Erik Andersen</a>, and licensed under the -<a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE</a>. -<p> - - -<h3> Screenshot </h3> - -<p> Because everybody loves screenshots, a screenshot of BusyBox -is now available <a href="screenshot.html">right here</a>. - - -<H3>Mailing List Information</h3> -BusyBox now has a <a href="http://www.busybox.net/lists/busybox/">mailing list</a>!<br> -To subscribe, go and visit <a href="http://www.busybox.net/mailman/listinfo/busybox">this page</a>. - -<H3>Sponsors</h3> -Please visit our sponsors and thank them for their support! They have -provided money for equipment and bandwidth. Next time you need help -with a project, consider these fine companies! -<ul> - <li><a href="http://opensource.se/">opensource.se</a><br>Embedded open source consulting in Europe. - <li><a href="http://www.codepoet-consulting.com">Codepoet Consulting</a><br>Custom Linux, embedded Linux, BusyBox, and uClibc development. -</ul> - -Several individuals have also contributed. If you have already contributed -and would like your name added here, just let me know. If you would like -to be a BusyBox sponsor, email <a href="mailto:andersen@codepoet.org">Erik</a>. - -<!-- Begin Latest News section --> - -<TR><TD BGCOLOR="#ccccc0" ALIGN=center> - <A NAME="news"> - <BIG><B> - Latest News - </B></BIG> - </A> -</TD></TR> -<TR><TD BGCOLOR="#eeeee0"> - -<ul> - - <li> <b>3 January 2002 -- Welcome to busybox.net!</b> - <p> - - Thanks to the generosity of a number of busybox users, we have been - able to purchase busybox.net (which is where you are probably - reading this). Right now, busybox.net and uclibc.org are both - living on my home system (at the end of my DSL line). I - apologize for the abrupt move off of busybox.lineo.com. - Unfortunately, I no longer have the access needed to keep that - system updated (for example, you might notice the daily snapshots - there stopped some time ago). - - <p> - - Busybox.net is currently hosted on my home server, at the end of a - DSL line. Unfortunately, the load on them is quite heavy. To address - this, I'm trying to make arrangements to get busybox.net co-located - directly at an ISP. To assist in the co-location effort, <a - href="http://www.codepoet.org/~markw">Mark Whitley</a> (author of - busybox sed, cut, and grep) has donated his <a - href="http://www.netwinder.org/">NetWinder</a> computer for hosting - busybox.net and uclibc.org. Once this system is co-located, the - current speed problems should be completely eliminated. Hopefully, - too, some of you will volunteer to set up some mirror sites, to help - to distribute the load a bit. - - <p> - <!-- - <center> - Click here to help support busybox.net! - <form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> - <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick"> - <input type="hidden" name="business" value="andersen@codepoet.org"> - <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Support Busybox"> - <input type="hidden" name="image_url" value="https://codepoet-consulting.com/images/busybox2.jpg"> - <input type="hidden" name="no_shipping" value="1"> - <input type="image" src="images/donate.png" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make donation using PayPal"> - </form> - </center> - --> - - Since some people expressed concern over BusyBox donations, let me - assure you that no one is getting rich here. All BusyBox and - uClibc donations will be spent paying for bandwidth and needed - hardware upgrades. For example, Mark's NetWinder currently has - just 64Meg of memory. As demonstrated when google spidered the site - the other day, 64 Megs in not enough, so I'm going to be ordering - 256Megs of ram and a larger hard drive for the box today. So far, - donations received have been sufficient to cover almost all - expenses. In the future, we may have co-location fees to worry - about, but for now we are ok. - A <b>HUGE thank-you</b> goes out to everyone that has - contributed! - - <br> - -Erik - - <p> - <li> <b>20 November 2001 -- BusyBox 0.60.2 released</b> - <p> - - We am very pleased to announce that the BusyBox 0.60.2 (stable) is now - released to the world. This one is primarily a bugfix release for the - stable series, and it should take care of most everyone's needs - till we can get the nice new stuff we have been working on in CVS ready to - release (with the wonderful new buildsystem). The biggest change in this - release (beyond bugfixes) is the fact that msh (the minix shell) has been - re-worked by Vladimir N. Oleynik (vodz) and so it no longer crashes when - told to do complex things with backticks. - <p> - - This release has been tested on x86, ARM, and powerpc using glibc 2.2.4, - libc5, and uClibc, so it should work with just about any Linux system you throw it at. - See the <a href="http://www.busybox.net/downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> - for <small>most of</small> the details. The last release was - <em>very</em> solid for people, and this one should be even better. - <p> - As usual BusyBox 0.60.2 can be downloaded from - <a href="http://www.busybox.net/downloads">http://www.busybox.net/downloads</a>. - <p> - Have Fun.<br> -Erik - <p> - - - - <li> <b>Old News</b> - <br> - For the old news, visit <a href="http://www.busybox.net/oldnews.html">the old news page</a>. -</ul> - - -<!-- Begin Download section --> - -<TR><TD BGCOLOR="#ccccc0" ALIGN=center> - <A NAME="download"><BIG><B> - Download - </B></BIG></A> -</TD></TR> -<TR><TD BGCOLOR="#eeeee0"> -<ul> - - <li> Source for the latest release can always be downloaded from - <a href="http://www.busybox.net/downloads">http://www.busybox.net/downloads</a>. - - <li> A new snapshot of the source is made daily and is available as a GNU - gzipped tarball <a href="busybox.tar.gz"> right here</a>. - - <li> BusyBox now has its own publically browsable - <a href="http://www.busybox.net/cgi-bin/cvsweb/busybox/">CVS tree</a>, - anonymous - <a href="http://www.busybox.net/cvs_anon.html">CVS access</a>, and - for those that are actively contributing there is even - <a href="http://www.busybox.net/cvs_write.html">CVS write access</a>. - -</ul> - - -<!-- Begin Docs section --> - -<TR><TD BGCOLOR="#ccccc0" ALIGN=center> - <A NAME="docs"><BIG><B> - Documentation - </B></BIG></A> -</TD></TR> -<TR><TD BGCOLOR="#eeeee0"> -Current documentation for BusyBox includes: -<ul> - <li> <a href="http://www.busybox.net/downloads/BusyBox.html">BusyBox.html</a>. - This is a list of the all the available commands in BusyBox with - complete usage information and examples of how to use each app. I - have spent a <em>lot</em> of time updating these docs and trying to - make them fairly comprehensive. If you find any errors (factual, - grammatical, whatever) please let me know. - <li> <a href="http://www.busybox.net/downloads/README">README</a>. - This is the README file included in the busybox source release. - <li> <a href="http://bugs.busybox.net/db/pa/lbusybox.html">BusyBox Bugs</a>. - Need to report a bug? Need to check if a bug has been filed? - <li> If you need more help, the BusyBox - <a href="http://www.busybox.net/lists/busybox/">mailing list</a> is - a good place to start. -</ul> - - -<!-- Begin Links section --> - -<TR><TD BGCOLOR="#ccccc0" ALIGN=center> - <A NAME="links"> - <BIG><B> - Important Links - </B></BIG> - </A> -</TD></TR> -<TR><TD BGCOLOR="#eeeee0"> - -<ul> - - <li> <A HREF="http://perens.com/FreeSoftware/"> - Free Software from Bruce Perens</A><br> - The original idea for BusyBox, and all versions up to 0.26 were written - by <A HREF="mailto:bruce@perens.com">Bruce Perens</a>. This is his BusyBox website. - <p> - - <li> <A HREF="http://freshmeat.net/projects/busybox/"> - Freshmeat AppIndex record for BusyBox</A> - <p> - <li><a href="http://tinylogin.busybox.net/">TinyLogin</a> - is a nice embedded tool for handling authentication, changing passwords, - and similar tasks which nicely complements BusyBox. - <p> - - <li><a href="http://udhcp.busybox.net/">udhcp</a> - is a tiny dhcp client and/or server which is ideal for embedded systems. - <p> - - <li><a href="http://www.uclibc.org/">uClibc</a> - is a C library for embedded systems. You can actually statically link - a "Hello World" application under x86 that only takes 4k (as opposed to - 200k under GNU libc). It can do dynamic linking too and works nicely with - BusyBox to create very small embedded systems. - <p> - -</ul> - - -<!-- Begin Projects section --> - -<TR><TD BGCOLOR="#ccccc0" ALIGN=center> - <A NAME="projects"><BIG><B> - Products/Projects Using BusyBox - </B></BIG></A> -</TD></TR> -<TR><TD BGCOLOR="#eeeee0"> - -<p> I know of the following products and/or projects that use BusyBox -- -listed in the order I happen to add them to the web page: - -<ul> - <li> <a href="http://cvs.debian.org/boot-floppies/">Debian installer (boot floppies) project</a> - <li> <a href="http://redhat.com/">Red Hat 7.2 installer</a> - <li> <a href="http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/slackware/source/rootdsks/">Slackware Installer</a> - <li> <a href="http://www.linuxrouter.org/">Linux Router Project </a> - <li> <a href="http://linux-embedded.org/">LEM</a> - <li> <a href="http://www.toms.net/rb/">tomsrtbt</a> - <li> <a href="http://www.stormix.com/">Stormix Installer</a> - <li> <a href="http://www.emacinc.com/linux2_sbc.htm">EMAC Linux 2.0 SBC</a> - <li> <a href="http://www.trinux.org/">Trinux</a> - <li> <a href="http://oddas.sourceforge.net/">ODDAS project</a> - <li> <a href="http://www.kerbango.com/">The Kerbango Internet Radio</a> - <li> <a href="http://www.linuxmagic.com/vpn/">LinuxMagic VPN Firewall</a> - <li> <a href="http://byld.sourceforge.net/">Build Your Linux Disk</a> - <li> <a href="http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~ichi/baslinux.html">BasicLinux</a> - <li> <a href="http://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/recovery">Zdisk</a> - <li> <a href="http://www.adtran.com">AdTran - VPN/firewall VPN Linux Distribution</a> - <li> <a href="http://mkcdrec.ota.be/">mkCDrec - make CD-ROM recovery</a> - <li> <a href="http://recycle.lbl.gov/~ldoolitt/bse/">Linux on nanoEngine</a> - <li> <a href="http://www.zelow.no/floppyfw/"> Floppyfw</a> - - <li> <a href="http://midori.transmeta.com/"> Midori Linux</a> - <a href= - "http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,42399,00.html"> Article on - Midori Linux</a> on <a href= "http://www.wired.com"> Wired</a>. Quote from - Erik at the top of <a href= - "http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,42399-2,00.html"> this - page</a> - - <li> <a href="http://www.ltsp.org/">Linux Terminal Server Project</a> - <li> <a href="http://www.devil-linux.org/">Devil-Linux</a> - <li> <a href="http://dutnux.sourceforge.net/">DutNux</a> - <li> <a href="http://www.cachier.com/">Cachier</a> - <li> <a href="http://www.microwerks.net/~hugo/mindi/">Mindi</a> - <li> <a href="http://www.tzi.de/~pharao90/ttylinux">ttylinux</a> - <li> <a href="http://www.partimage.org/">Partition Image</a> - <li> <a href="http://tuxscreen.net">Tuxscreen Linux Phone</a> - <li> <a href="http://tinfoilhat.cultists.net/">Tinfoil Hat Linux</a> - -</ul> - -<p> Do you use BusyBox? I'd love to know about it and I'd be happy to link to -you. - - - -<!-- End of Table --> - -</TD></TR> -</TABLE> - - - -<!-- Footer --> -<HR> -<TABLE WIDTH="100%"> - <TR> - <TD> - <font size="-1" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> - Mail all comments, insults, suggestions and bribes to - <a href="mailto:andersen@codepoet.org">Erik Andersen</a><BR> - The Busybox logo is copyright 1999-2002, Erik Andersen. - </font> - </TD> - - <TD> - <a href="http://www.vim.org"><img border=0 width=90 height=36 - src="images/written.in.vi.png" - alt="This site created with the vi editor"></a> - </TD> - - <TD> - <a href="http://www.gimp.org/"><img border=0 width=90 height=36 - src="images/gfx_by_gimp.png" alt="Graphics by GIMP"></a> - </TD> - - <TD> - <a href="http://www.linuxtoday.com"><img width=90 height=36 - src="images/ltbutton2.png" alt="Linux Today"></a> - </TD> - - <TD> - <p><a href="http://slashdot.org"><img width=90 height=36 - src="images/sdsmall.png" alt="Slashdot"></a> - </TD> - - <TD> - <a href="http://freshmeat.net"><img width=90 height=36 - src="images/fm.mini.png" alt="Freshmeat"></a> - </TD> - - </TR> -</TABLE> - - -</CENTER> -</BODY> -</HTML> +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" +"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> + +<html> + <head> + <meta name="generator" content= + "HTML Tidy for Linux/x86 (vers 1st February 2002), see www.w3.org"> + + <title>BusyBox</title> +<style type="text/css"> + body { + background-color: #DEE2DE; + color: #000000; + } + :link { color: #660000 } + :visited { color: #660000 } + :active { color: #660000 } + div.c3 {text-align: center} + td.c2 {font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 80%} + td.c1 {font-family: lucida, helvetica; font-size: 248%} +</style> + </head> + + <body> + <basefont face="lucida, helvetica, arial" size="3"> + + <div class="c3"> + <table border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2"> + <tr> + <td class="c1">BUSYBOX</td> + </tr> + </table> + <a href="/"><img src="images/busybox1.png" alt="BusyBox" + border="0" width="164" height="116"></a><br> + <!-- Begin Introduction section --> + + + <table width="95%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="4" border= + "1"> + <tr> + <td bgcolor="#CCCCC0" align="center"><a name= "intro"><big> + <b>The Swiss Army Knife of Embedded Linux</b> + </big></a></td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td bgcolor="#EEEEE0"> + BusyBox combines tiny versions of many common UNIX + utilities into a single small executable. It provides + minimalist replacements for most of the utilities you + usually find in fileutils, shellutils, findutils, + textutils, grep, gzip, tar, etc. BusyBox provides a + fairly complete POSIX environment for any small or + embedded system. The utilities in BusyBox generally + have fewer options than their full featured GNU + cousins; however, the options that are included provide + the expected functionality and behave very much like + their GNU counterparts. + + <p>BusyBox has been written with size-optimization and + limited resources in mind. It is also extremely modular + so you can easily include or exclude commands (or + features) at compile time. This makes it easy to + customize your embedded systems. To create a working + system, just add /dev, /etc, and a kernel.</p> + + <p>BusyBox is maintained by <a href= + "http://codepoet.org/andersen/erik/erik.html">Erik + Andersen</a>, and licensed under the <a href= + "http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">GNU GENERAL + PUBLIC LICENSE</a>.</p> + + <h3>Screenshot</h3> + + <p>Because everybody loves screenshots, a screenshot of + BusyBox is now available <a href= + "screenshot.html">right here</a>.</p> + + <h3>Mailing List Information</h3> + BusyBox now has a <a href="/lists/busybox/">mailing + list</a>!<br> + To subscribe, go and visit <a href= + "/mailman/listinfo/busybox">this page</a>. + + <h3>Sponsors</h3> + Please visit our sponsors and thank them for their + support! They have provided money for equipment and + bandwidth. Next time you need help with a project, + consider these fine companies! + + <ul> + <li><a href= + "http://opensource.se/">opensource.se</a><br> + Embedded open source consulting in Europe.</li> + + <li><a href= + "http://www.codepoet-consulting.com">Codepoet + Consulting</a><br> + Custom Linux, embedded Linux, BusyBox, and uClibc + development.</li> + </ul> + Several individuals have also contributed. If you have + already contributed and would like your name added + here, just let me know. If you would like to be a + BusyBox sponsor, email <a href= + "mailto:andersen@codepoet.org">Erik</a>. + <!-- Begin Latest News section --> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td bgcolor="#CCCCC0" align="center"><a name= + "news"><big><b>Latest News</b></big></a></td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td bgcolor="#EEEEE0"> + <ul> + <li> + <b>3 January 2002 -- Welcome to busybox.net!</b> + + <p>Thanks to the generosity of a number of busybox + users, we have been able to purchase busybox.net + (which is where you are probably reading this). + Right now, busybox.net and uclibc.org are both + living on my home system (at the end of my DSL + line). I apologize for the abrupt move off of + busybox.lineo.com. Unfortunately, I no longer have + the access needed to keep that system updated (for + example, you might notice the daily snapshots there + stopped some time ago).</p> + + <p>Busybox.net is currently hosted on my home + server, at the end of a DSL line. Unfortunately, + the load on them is quite heavy. To address this, + I'm trying to make arrangements to get busybox.net + co-located directly at an ISP. To assist in the + co-location effort, <a href= + "http://www.codepoet.org/~markw">Mark Whitley</a> + (author of busybox sed, cut, and grep) has donated + his <a href= + "http://www.netwinder.org/">NetWinder</a> computer + for hosting busybox.net and uclibc.org. Once this + system is co-located, the current speed problems + should be completely eliminated. Hopefully, too, + some of you will volunteer to set up some mirror + sites, to help to distribute the load a bit.</p> + + <p><!-- + <center> + Click here to help support busybox.net! + <form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> + <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick"> + <input type="hidden" name="business" value="andersen@codepoet.org"> + <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Support Busybox"> + <input type="hidden" name="image_url" value="https://codepoet-consulting.com/images/busybox2.jpg"> + <input type="hidden" name="no_shipping" value="1"> + <input type="image" src="images/donate.png" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make donation using PayPal"> + </form> + </center> + --> + Since some people expressed concern over BusyBox + donations, let me assure you that no one is getting + rich here. All BusyBox and uClibc donations will be + spent paying for bandwidth and needed hardware + upgrades. For example, Mark's NetWinder currently + has just 64Meg of memory. As demonstrated when + google spidered the site the other day, 64 Megs in + not enough, so I'm going to be ordering 256Megs of + ram and a larger hard drive for the box today. So + far, donations received have been sufficient to + cover almost all expenses. In the future, we may + have co-location fees to worry about, but for now + we are ok. A <b>HUGE thank-you</b> goes out to + everyone that has contributed!<br> + -Erik</p> + </li> + + <li> + <b>20 November 2001 -- BusyBox 0.60.2 released</b> + + <p>We am very pleased to announce that the BusyBox + 0.60.2 (stable) is now released to the world. This + one is primarily a bugfix release for the stable + series, and it should take care of most everyone's + needs till we can get the nice new stuff we have + been working on in CVS ready to release (with the + wonderful new buildsystem). The biggest change in + this release (beyond bugfixes) is the fact that msh + (the minix shell) has been re-worked by Vladimir N. + Oleynik (vodz) and so it no longer crashes when + told to do complex things with backticks.</p> + + <p>This release has been tested on x86, ARM, and + powerpc using glibc 2.2.4, libc5, and uClibc, so it + should work with just about any Linux system you + throw it at. See the <a href= + "downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> for <small>most + of</small> the details. The last release was + <em>very</em> solid for people, and this one should + be even better.</p> + + <p>As usual BusyBox 0.60.2 can be downloaded from + <a href= + "downloads">http://www.busybox.net/downloads</a>.</p> + + <p>Have Fun.<br> + -Erik</p> + </li> + + <li><b>Old News</b><br> + For the old news, visit <a href="oldnews.html">the + old news page</a>.</li> + </ul> + <!-- Begin Download section --> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td bgcolor="#CCCCC0" align="center"><a name= + "download"><big><b>Download</b></big></a></td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td bgcolor="#EEEEE0"> + <ul> + <li>Source for the latest release can always be + downloaded from <a href= + "downloads">http://www.busybox.net/downloads</a>.</li> + + <li>A new snapshot of the source is made daily and is + available as a GNU gzipped tarball <a href= + "busybox.tar.gz">right here</a>.</li> + + <li>BusyBox now has its own publically browsable <a + href="/cgi-bin/cvsweb/busybox/">CVS tree</a>, + anonymous <a href="cvs_anon.html">CVS access</a>, and + for those that are actively contributing there is + even <a href="cvs_write.html">CVS write + access</a>.</li> + </ul> + <!-- Begin Docs section --> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td bgcolor="#CCCCC0" align="center"><a name= + "docs"><big><b>Documentation</b></big></a></td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td bgcolor="#EEEEE0"> + Current documentation for BusyBox includes: + + <ul> + <li><a href= + "downloads/BusyBox.html">BusyBox.html</a>. This is a + list of the all the available commands in BusyBox + with complete usage information and examples of how + to use each app. I have spent a <em>lot</em> of time + updating these docs and trying to make them fairly + comprehensive. If you find any errors (factual, + grammatical, whatever) please let me know.</li> + + <li><a href="downloads/README">README</a>. This is + the README file included in the busybox source + release.</li> + + <li><a href= + "http://bugs.busybox.net/db/pa/lbusybox.html">BusyBox + Bugs</a>. Need to report a bug? Need to check if a + bug has been filed?</li> + + <li>If you need more help, the BusyBox <a href= + "lists/busybox/">mailing list</a> is a good place to + start.</li> + </ul> + <!-- Begin Links section --> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td bgcolor="#CCCCC0" align="center"><a name= + "links"><big><b>Important Links</b></big></a></td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td bgcolor="#EEEEE0"> + <ul> + <li><a href="http://perens.com/FreeSoftware/">Free + Software from Bruce Perens</a><br> + The original idea for BusyBox, and all versions up + to 0.26 were written by <a href= + "mailto:bruce@perens.com">Bruce Perens</a>. This is + his BusyBox website.</li> + + <li><a href= + "http://freshmeat.net/projects/busybox/">Freshmeat + AppIndex record for BusyBox</a></li> + + <li><a href= + "http://tinylogin.busybox.net/">TinyLogin</a> is a + nice embedded tool for handling authentication, + changing passwords, and similar tasks which nicely + complements BusyBox.</li> + + <li><a href="http://udhcp.busybox.net/">udhcp</a> is + a tiny dhcp client and/or server which is ideal for + embedded systems.</li> + + <li><a href="http://www.uclibc.org/">uClibc</a> is a + C library for embedded systems. You can actually + statically link a "Hello World" application under x86 + that only takes 4k (as opposed to 200k under GNU + libc). It can do dynamic linking too and works nicely + with BusyBox to create very small embedded + systems.</li> + </ul> + <!-- Begin Projects section --> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td bgcolor="#CCCCC0" align="center"><a name= + "projects"><big><b>Products/Projects Using + BusyBox</b></big></a></td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td bgcolor="#EEEEE0"> + <p>I know of the following products and/or projects + that use BusyBox -- listed in the order I happen to add + them to the web page:</p> + + <ul> + <li><a href= + "http://cvs.debian.org/boot-floppies/">Debian + installer (boot floppies) project</a></li> + + <li><a href="http://redhat.com/">Red Hat 7.2 + installer</a></li> + + <li><a href= + "http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/slackware/source/rootdsks/"> + Slackware Installer</a></li> + + <li><a href="http://www.linuxrouter.org/">Linux + Router Project</a></li> + + <li><a href="http://linux-embedded.org/">LEM</a></li> + + <li><a href= + "http://www.toms.net/rb/">tomsrtbt</a></li> + + <li><a href="http://www.stormix.com/">Stormix + Installer</a></li> + + <li><a href= + "http://www.emacinc.com/linux2_sbc.htm">EMAC Linux + 2.0 SBC</a></li> + + <li><a href="http://www.trinux.org/">Trinux</a></li> + + <li><a href="http://oddas.sourceforge.net/">ODDAS + project</a></li> + + <li><a href="http://www.kerbango.com/">The Kerbango + Internet Radio</a></li> + + <li><a href= + "http://www.linuxmagic.com/vpn/">LinuxMagic VPN + Firewall</a></li> + + <li><a href="http://byld.sourceforge.net/">Build Your + Linux Disk</a></li> + + <li><a href= + "http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~ichi/baslinux.html">BasicLinux</a></li> + + <li><a href= + "http://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/recovery">Zdisk</a></li> + + <li><a href="http://www.adtran.com">AdTran - + VPN/firewall VPN Linux Distribution</a></li> + + <li><a href="http://mkcdrec.ota.be/">mkCDrec - make + CD-ROM recovery</a></li> + + <li><a href= + "http://recycle.lbl.gov/~ldoolitt/bse/">Linux on + nanoEngine</a></li> + + <li><a href= + "http://www.zelow.no/floppyfw/">Floppyfw</a></li> + + <li><a href="http://midori.transmeta.com/">Midori + Linux</a> - <a href= + "http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,42399,00.html"> + Article on Midori Linux</a> on <a href= + "http://www.wired.com">Wired</a>. Quote from Erik at + the top of <a href= + "http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,42399-2,00.html"> + this page</a></li> + + <li><a href="http://www.ltsp.org/">Linux Terminal + Server Project</a></li> + + <li><a href= + "http://www.devil-linux.org/">Devil-Linux</a></li> + + <li><a href= + "http://dutnux.sourceforge.net/">DutNux</a></li> + + <li><a href= + "http://www.cachier.com/">Cachier</a></li> + + <li><a href= + "http://www.microwerks.net/~hugo/mindi/">Mindi</a></li> + + <li><a href= + "http://www.tzi.de/~pharao90/ttylinux">ttylinux</a></li> + + <li><a href="http://www.partimage.org/">Partition + Image</a></li> + + <li><a href="http://tuxscreen.net">Tuxscreen Linux + Phone</a></li> + + <li><a href="http://tinfoilhat.cultists.net/">Tinfoil + Hat Linux</a></li> + </ul> + + <li><a href="http://zaurus.sourceforge.net/">Sharp Zaurus + PDA</a></li> + </ul> + + <p>Do you use BusyBox? I'd love to know about it and + I'd be happy to link to you. <!-- End of Table --> + </p> + </td> + </tr> + </table> + <!-- Footer --> + <hr> + + <table width="100%"> + <tr> + <td class="c2">Mail all comments, insults, suggestions + and bribes to <a href="mailto:andersen@codepoet.org">Erik + Andersen</a><br> + The Busybox logo is copyright 1999-2002, Erik + Andersen.</td> + + <td><a href="http://www.vim.org"><img border="0" width= + "90" height="36" src="images/written.in.vi.png" alt= + "This site created with the vi editor"></a></td> + + <td><a href="http://www.gimp.org/"><img border="0" width= + "90" height="36" src="images/gfx_by_gimp.png" alt= + "Graphics by GIMP"></a></td> + + <td><a href="http://www.linuxtoday.com"><img width="90" + height="36" src="images/ltbutton2.png" alt="Linux Today"> + </a></td> + + <td> + <p><a href="http://slashdot.org"><img width="90" + height="36" src="images/sdsmall.png" alt="Slashdot"> + </a></p> + </td> + + <td><a href="http://freshmeat.net"><img width="90" + height="36" src="images/fm.mini.png" alt="Freshmeat"> + </a></td> + </tr> + </table> + </div> + </body> +</html> diff --git a/docs/busybox.net/oldnews.html b/docs/busybox.net/oldnews.html index 4514bf5..2944715 100644 --- a/docs/busybox.net/oldnews.html +++ b/docs/busybox.net/oldnews.html @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ <ul> - <p> <li> <b>Take me back to the <a href="http://busybox.net/">BusyBox</a> web site.</b> + <p> <li> <b>Take me back to the <a href="/">BusyBox</a> web site.</b> <hr> @@ -102,9 +102,9 @@ here it is. Come and get it. <p> The - <a href="http://busybox.net/downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> has all + <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> has all the details. As usual BusyBox 0.60.1 can be downloaded from - <a href="http://busybox.net/downloads">http://busybox.net/downloads</a>. + <a href="downloads">http://busybox.net/downloads</a>. <p>Have Fun! <p> @@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ You don't have to be root or reboot your machine to run test this way. Preconfigured User-Mode Linux kernel source is also on busybox.net. <p> - Another cool thing is the nifty <a href="http://busybox.net/downloads/tutorial/index.html"> + Another cool thing is the nifty <a href="downloads/tutorial/index.html"> BusyBox Tutorial</a> contributed by K Computing. This requires a ShockWave plugin (or standalone viewer), so you may want to grab the the GPLed shockwave viewer from <a href="http://www.swift-tools.com/Flash/flash-0.4.10.tgz">here</a> @@ -155,9 +155,9 @@ <p> The - <a href="http://busybox.net/downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> has all + <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> has all the details. As usual BusyBox 0.60.0 can be downloaded from - <a href="http://busybox.net/downloads">http://busybox.net/downloads</a>. + <a href="downloads">http://busybox.net/downloads</a>. <p>Have Fun! <p> @@ -174,11 +174,11 @@ <p> The - <a href="http://busybox.net/downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> covers + <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> covers some of the more obvious details, but there are many many things that are not mentioned, but have been improved in subtle ways. As usual, BusyBox 0.52 can be downloaded from - <a href="http://busybox.net/downloads">http://busybox.net/downloads</a>. + <a href="downloads">http://busybox.net/downloads</a>. <p>Have Fun! <p> @@ -219,21 +219,21 @@ for letting me use their system!). <p> You can read the - <a href="http://busybox.net/downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> for + <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> for complete details. BusyBox 0.51 can be downloaded from - <a href="http://busybox.net/downloads">http://busybox.net/downloads</a>. + <a href="downloads">http://busybox.net/downloads</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= - "http://busybox.net/downloads/busybox.floppy.img"> Busybox boot floppy + "downloads/busybox.floppy.img"> Busybox boot floppy image</a>. Here's how you use it: <ol> - <li> <a href= "http://busybox.net/downloads/busybox.floppy.img"> + <li> <a href= "downloads/busybox.floppy.img"> Download the image</a> <li> dd it onto a floppy like so: <tt> dd if=busybox.floppy.img @@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ shell is now working very well, and the shell's environment variable expansion was fixed. Tons of other things were fixed or made smaller. For a fairly complete overview, see the - <a href="http://busybox.net/downloads/Changelog">changelog</a>. + <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a>. <p> lash (the busybox shell) is still with us, fixed up a bit so it now behaves itself quite nicely. It really is quite usable as @@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ Several new applets, lots of bug fixes, cleanups, and many smaller things made nicer. Several cleanups and improvements to the shell. For a list of the most interesting changes - you might want to look at the <a href="http://busybox.net/downloads/Changelog">changelog</a>. + you might want to look at the <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a>. <p> Special thanks go out to Matt Kraai and Larry Doolittle for all their work on this release, and for keeping on top of things while I've been @@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ woody) a .udeb can now be generated. <p> The curious can get a list of some of the more interesting changes by reading - the <a href="http://busybox.net/downloads/Changelog">changelog</a>. + the <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a>. <p> Many thanks go out to the many many people that have contributed to this release, especially Matt Kraai, Larry Doolittle, and Kent Robotti. @@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ renice, xargs, and expr. syslogd now supports network logging. There are the usual tar updates. Most apps now use getopt for more correct option parsing. - See the <a href="http://busybox.net/downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> + See the <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> for complete details. @@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ people to dump a binary keymaps for use with 'loadkmap', and a completely reworked 'grep' and 'sed' which should behave better. BusyBox shell can now also be used as a login shell. - See the <a href="http://busybox.net/downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> + See the <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> for complete details. @@ -353,17 +353,17 @@ release provides the following new apps: cut, tr, insmod, ar, mktemp, setkeycodes, md5sum, uuencode, uudecode, which, and telnet. There are bug fixes for just about every app as well (see - the <a href="http://busybox.net/downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> for + the <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> for details). <p> Also, some exciting infrastructure news! Busybox now has its own - <a href="http://busybox.net/lists/busybox/">mailing list</a>, + <a href="lists/busybox/">mailing list</a>, publically browsable - <a href="http://busybox.net/cgi-bin/cvsweb/busybox/">CVS tree</a>, + <a href="/cgi-bin/cvsweb/busybox/">CVS tree</a>, anonymous - <a href="http://busybox.net/cvs_anon.html">CVS access</a>, and + <a href="cvs_anon.html">CVS access</a>, and for those that are actively contributing there is even - <a href="http://busybox.net/cvs_write.html">CVS write access</a>. + <a href="cvs_write.html">CVS write access</a>. I think this will be a huge help to the ongoing development of BusyBox. <p> Also, for the curious, there is no 0.44 release. Somehow 0.44 got announced @@ -403,8 +403,7 @@ from "A" would have been logged. This means that if init tries to log something while say ppp has the syslog open, init would block (which is bad, bad, bad). <p> - Karl M. Hegbloom has created a - <a href="ftp://busybox.net/pub/busybox/busybox-0.43-syslog_patch">fix for the problem</a>. + Karl M. Hegbloom has created a fix for the problem. Thanks Karl! @@ -417,7 +416,7 @@ freeramdisk, tr, echo, test, and usleep. Tar has been completely rewritten from scratch. Bss size has also been greatly reduced. More details are available in the - <a href="ftp://busybox.net/pub/busybox/Changelog">changelog</a>. + <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a>. Oh, and as a special bonus, I wrote some fairly comprehensive <em>documentation</em>, complete with examples and full usage information. @@ -429,7 +428,7 @@ There were others so if I somehow forgot to mention you, I'm very sorry. <p> - You can grab BusyBox 0.43 tarballs <a href="ftp://busybox.net/pub/busybox/">here</a>. + You can grab BusyBox 0.43 tarballs <a href="downloads">here</a>. <p> <li> <b>9 April 2000 -- BusyBox 0.43 pre release</b> <br> @@ -444,7 +443,7 @@ enough for production use -- it just isn't a release since I have some structural changes I still want to make. <p> - The pre-release can be found <a href="ftp://busybox.net/pub/busybox/">here</a>. + The pre-release can be found <a href="downloads">here</a>. Please let me know ASAP if you find <em>any</em> bugs. <p> <li> <b>28 March 2000 -- Andersen Baby Boy release</b> @@ -477,7 +476,7 @@ This is the most solid BusyBox release so far. Many, many bugs have been fixed. See the - <a href="ftp://busybox.net/pub/busybox/Changelog">changelog</a> for details. + <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> for details. Of particular interest, init will now cleanly unmount filesystems on reboot, cp and mv have been rewritten and @@ -494,7 +493,7 @@ mkdir, syslogd, and init. New apps include wc, hostid, logname, tty, whoami, and yes. New features include loop device support in mount and umount, and better TERM handling by init. - The changelog can be found <a href="ftp://busybox.net/pub/busybox/Changelog">here</a>. + The changelog can be found <a href="downloads/Changelog">here</a>. <p> <li> <b>7 January 2000 -- BusyBox 0.40 released</b> <br> @@ -504,7 +503,7 @@ New apps include sort, uniq, lsmod, rmmod, fbset, and loadacm. In particular, this release fixes an important bug in tar which in some cases produced serious security problems. - As always, the changelog can be found <a href="ftp://busybox.net/pub/busybox/Changelog">here</a>. + As always, the changelog can be found <a href="downloads/Changelog">here</a>. <p> <li> <b>11 December 1999 -- BusyBox Website</b> <br> @@ -518,7 +517,7 @@ <br> This release includes fixes to init, reboot, halt, kill, and ls, and contains the new apps ping, hostname, mkfifo, free, tail, du, tee, and head. A full - changelog can be found <a href="ftp://busybox.net/pub/busybox/Changelog">here</a>. + changelog can be found <a href="downloads/Changelog">here</a>. <p> <li> <b>5 December 1999 -- BusyBox 0.38 released</b> <br> This release includes fixes to tar, cat, ls, dd, rm, umount, find, df, @@ -539,7 +538,7 @@ <ul> - <li> <a href="http://busybox.net/">Take me back to http://busybox.net/</a>. + <li> <a href="/">Take me back to http://busybox.net/</a>. <p> <li> <A HREF="http://perens.com/FreeSoftware/"> @@ -552,9 +551,6 @@ Freshmeat AppIndex record for BusyBox</A> <p> - <li> <a href="http://busybox.net/software.html">Cool embedded software</a>. - <p> - </ul> |