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1) A note about hardware 2) Linux, system administartion and documentation.



Couple of days ago I had a chance to look at the 2nd edition of "Running Linux".
I think that this can interest some of you.

	1) A note about hardware.
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there is a 3 pages appendix about 64-bit AXP Linux.
A few sentences copied from there are:

"One port of Linux to a non-intel platfom deserves special notice . . .

	More Choice, More Power
At the time of this writing, Linux is available on 64-bit Alpha AXP RISC
platforms
.  .  .  at prices comparable to current 32-bit Intel platforms.  .  .  .

	Getting Information on AXP Linux
The primary resource .  .  .
       http://www.azstarnet.com/~axplinux
.  .  .  retrieve a FAQ file by FTP from ftp.azstarnet.com in the
/pub/linux/axp/docs
.  .  .  The FAQ also lists approved DEC vendors  .  .  .  any DEC vendor
that won't
sell you a single motherboard for upgrading your PC did not make that list.
.  .  . Linux information of use to AXP Linux users is available at:
       http://www.linux.ncm.com
.  .  .

	Considering the Alpha Option
This section describes the upgrade path of replacing your Intel motherboard on a
PC with a DEC Alpha motherboard .  .  . The Noname motherboard is documented
in /pub/linux/axp/docs/axppci on the azstarnet site.

.  .  . Currently, the GNU ld has not been ported .  .  ."


	2) Linux, system administartion and documentation
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The following is from the bibiliography list on page 597:

	"Linux Documentation Project Manuals
.  .  .
	[3] Wirzenius, Lars. The Linux System Administrator's Guide. 1995.
This is a guide to running and configuring a Linux system. There are many issues
relating to system administartion that are specific to Linux, such as needs for
supporting a user community, filesystem maintenance, backups, and more. This
guide covers many of them.

         .  .  ."

A few weeks ago I posted this group a question about such documentation. I
thank all of you who answered me.


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