In article <1992Jun21.003453.27394@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> an287@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Joseph F. Bork) writes:
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>I've been told that
>the Linux mcc-interim comes with a complete set of utilities, and
>that the installation is basically automated.  I just want to know
>a couple of things:  first, what does "mcc-interim" mean? (Just
>curious)

MCC means 'Manchester Computing Centre', which serves the University
of Manchester and about two dozen other British Universities.  Since
MCC supplies the equipment and, in effect (blush), subsidises the
production of these versions, it seems diplomatic to thank them.

The version is called 'interim' partially because it is virtually
impossible for such a version to be up-to-date in all respects,
because it usually appears some time after the 'official' version
on which it is based, because it is perhaps a stopgap until the ABC
or similar release comes out, ....

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>What files do I need to nab from tsx-11 to get the
>mcc-interim?  I have a list of all files in the Linux hierarchy on
>tsx-11, and my best guesses are the files "boot-US.Z" and "util-US.Z" in
>the "/pub/linux/mirrors/mcc-interim/0.95c+/images" directory.

This will give you the US keyboard version of Linux 0.95c+ plus patches,
as well as system utilities, shellutils, fileutils, textutils, greps,
gawk, and so forth.

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>Also, I also want to get a C compiler for Linux (I imagine that one
>would be very useful installing patches and stuff).  What files
>should I get for this?  I've seen the GCCv2 files, and such, but
>there are so many files, I don't know which ones I need.

If you're installing the MCC-interim version, you might use the comp
and comp2 disks from the same release.  This gives you (in addition to
Kermit and the universally popular (?) shoelace) gcc 2.1 with g++.
The MCC releases are all configured for 'soft' floating point; i.e.,
the kernel is compiled with emulation enabled, and (at least for 0.95c+)
only the 'soft' floating point libraries are provided; this is partially
because of the difficulty of wedging everything into four disks.

After installing it, you will probably want to upgrade your kernel and
your gcc to a later release.  To upgrade the kernel, get the file
linux-0.96x.tar.Z and any patches from your nearest ftp site and follow
instructions.  To upgrade gcc, get the appropriate misc, lib, and
README files.

Remember that the object of MCC 'interim' versions is an easy-to-install,
easy-to-recover, working version of Linux; customising it is your
lookout!  And the versions released so far DO NOT support SCSI.  This
will, of course, change with the 0.96b version.

     -- Owen
     LeBlanc@mcc.ac.uk