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diff --git a/docs/README b/docs/README deleted file mode 100644 index 4de3c0ae5..000000000 --- a/docs/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,113 +0,0 @@ -Well here is a little description of what panoramix needs to work in comparison -to the standard newt install. - -******************************************************************************** -* CVS ************************************************************************** -******************************************************************************** -Like all good free software, panoramix is in CVS :) - -You can access it using: -% export CVSROOT=:pserver:anoncvs@linux-mandrake.com:/home/cvs/cooker -% cvs login -% Passwd: cvs -% cvs checkout gi - -This is only read-only access. If you want more, tell me (pixel@mandrakesoft.com) - -Alas, all is not in CVS as a lot of things are binary files. -For the other things, take cooker-contrib others/src/gi.tar.bz2 - -Please note that redoing *all* the stuff is not for the faint of heart. I myself -sometimes wonder what the whole make does :-% -Instead, changing some .pm files is quite easy (nice interpreted language) - -******************************************************************************** -* FILES ************************************************************************ -******************************************************************************** -First he are the different things needed : - -Mandrake/base/hdlist - table of rpm's headers. - ! Need to be remade when Mandrake/RPMS changes ! - -Mandrake/base/depslist - for each packages, tell which package it depends on. Also contains the - size for some (obscure) bloody reasons. - ! Need to be remade when Mandrake/RPMS changes ! - -Mandrake/base/compss - obsoletes comps. It store packages in different categories, a bit like - the %{GROUP} field - -Mandrake/base/compssList - for each packages, it gives the appreciation for each type of user. - used to preselect packages - used to decide to show or hide packages. - -Mandrake/mdkinst - live system used on certain installs. See ``Ramdisk or not'' below for - more. - -Mandrake/base/mdkinst_stage2.gz - for the ramdisk. - live sytem in ext2 filesystem gzipped. See ``Ramdisk or not'' below for - more. - -images/gi_*.img - boot images to use with panoramix. Use: - - gi_hd for hard-disk install - - gi_cdrom for cdrom install - - gi_network for ftp/nfs install - - gi_pcmcia for pcmcia install (see ``PCMCIA install'' below for more) - - -Some optional files : - -Mandrake/base/depslist.html - html formatted depslist - -******************************************************************************** -* po translation files ********************************************************* -******************************************************************************** -Panoramix uses .po files for its translation. A script takes the different -strings out of the .pm files. It generates the panoramix.pot file which contains -all the english strings to translate. -To add a new language, you just have to add it to lang.pm (if it's not there -already) and put the .po in the perl-install/po directory (see ``Ramdisk or -not'' to know if you have to regenerate the mdkinst_stage2.gz) - -******************************************************************************** -* PCMCIA install *************************************************************** -******************************************************************************** -If the media you use to install is a pcmcia device, you have two choices: -- use the gi_pcmcia boot disk -- use another boot disk and it will ask you a supplementary disk. Give it the -gi_pcmcia disk. - - -******************************************************************************** -* Ramdisk or not *************************************************************** -******************************************************************************** -The panoramix install is much bigger than the newt one. So the ramdisk which was -used is getting big, and costs a lot in memory -(eg: the mdkinst_stage2 is 14MB - 23/09/99) - -| | newt | panoramix -|-------+---------+---------------------------------------------------------- -| nfs | live | live -| ftp | ramdisk | ramdisk -| http | ramdisk | not yet :( -| hd | ramdisk | live if Mandrake/mdkinst/usr/bin/runinstall2 is a link, -| | | ramdisk otherwise -| cdrom | ramdisk | live if memory < 40MB, ramdisk otherwise - -When i say live, it means that the install1 stage will *mount* the -Mandrake/mdkinst and use it that way. - -The ramdisk is used in place of the live in some cases. This ramdisk is filled -with mdkinst_stage2.gz - -For cdrom install, the ramdisk is used to speed up things (access time is quite -high on cdrom drives) - -For pcmcia, it depends on the type of install. |