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The List of packages provided are available at [http://archive.debian.net/]. |
[:DebianReleases:Debian Releases] > Debian Slink
Slink is the code name for a former [:DebianStable:Stable] Debian distribution. It was released on March 9th 1998 as Debian GNU/Linux 2.1, It was superseded by Debian/[:DebianPotato:Potato] on 15 Aug 2000.
Debian/Slink Release Information : [http://www.debian.org/releases/slink/] |
Debian/Slink Life cycle
04 Nov 1998 : Announcement of Upcoming Release ([http://www.debian.org/News/1998/19981104 press release]).
09 Mar 1999 : Initial released : 2.1r0 ([http://www.debian.org/News/1999/19990309 press release]).
?? ??? ???? : Updated (2.1r1) (not announced, [http://lists.debian.org/debian-cd/1999/05/msg00008.html never released ?]).
27 Jun 1999 : Updated (2.1r2) ([http://lists.debian.org/debian-cd/1999/06/msg00051.html mailing-list announcement]).
04 Sep 1999 : Updated (2.1r3) ([http://lists.debian.org/debian-cd/1999/09/msg00008.html mailing-list announcement]).
15 Dec 1999 : Updated (2.1r4) ([http://www.debian.org/News/1999/19991215 press release]).
16 Jan 2006 : Announcement of Next-Upcoming Release (Potato) ([http://www.debian.org/News/2000/20000116 press release]).
16 Feb 2000 : Updated (2.1r5) ([http://www.debian.org/News/2000/20000216 press release]).
15 Aug 2000 : Debian/Slink becomes [:DebianOldStable:old-stable]. (i.e A new stable is released : [:DebianPotato:Potato]).
14 Sep 2000 : Announcement of the end of security Update (mailing list [http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/debian-security-announce-2000/msg00041.html 1] and [http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/debian-security-announce-2000/msg00043.html 2]).
30 Oct 2000 : End of security updates (i.e End of life.). The distribution is [http://www.debian.org/distrib/archive moved to archive].
See Slink [:DebianReleases/PointReleases:point-releases] [http://archive.debian.org/dists/slink/ChangeLog ?ChangeLog]
Architectures
Slink had officially supported the following [:SupportedArchitectures:architectures] : alpha, i386, m68k, sparc. (see Slink's [http://www.debian.org/releases/slink/ release page]).
New Features
Release Requirements for Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 - http://people.debian.org/~joey/goals/2.1/
Packages & versions
- apt : (not available)
- kernel : linux 2.0.34 ; 2.0.35 ;2.0.36 ; 2.0.38
- libc : libc6 2.0.7
- gcc : 2.7.2.3
- X-server : XFree86 3.3.2a
The List of packages provided are available at [http://archive.debian.net/].
links
- Download CD : Debian/Slink images seems to have completly vanished from the WWW (see [#BuildACd])
Package Repository : [http://archive.debian.org/dists/slink/]
- Installation :
FAQ
Many answers can be fount in the [http://www.debian.org/News/1999/19990309 2.1r0 press release] or in the Release Information.
- Q) Any good book about debian/Slink ?
see [http://www.act.cmis.csiro.au/gjw/linux/debian.pdf] (or google for "The (OLD) Debian GNU/Linux Cookbook" Graham Williams).
See also :
[:DebianStable:Debian stable] - Slink was a former stable distribution.
[:DebianHamm:Debian Hamm] - Was the previous stable distribution.
[:DebianPotato:Debian Potato] - Was the next stable distribution.
?Anchor(BuildACd)
How to build a CD ?
Let me quote Kazutoshi Ando [http://coconut.sys.eng.shizuoka.ac.jp/ando/install.html WWW]:
download pseudo-image-kit from http://www.uk.debian.org/~costar/pseudo-image-kit/ ?BR Windows: pseudo-image-kit-2.0.zip md5sum=aec918c787255cee69e09f90f21599a7 (use google)?BR Unix: : attachment:pseudo-image-kit-2.0.tar.gz md5sum=66252c5b4b23412e72bc9309ae69c19f
- uncompress pseudo-image-kit.
- Read the Readme file.
Getting list file ?BR http://www.uk.debian.org/debian-cd/cd-images/2.1_r4/i386/binary-i386-1.list ?BR(note this file isn't available anymore on the www today [2007])
make pseudo image (about 2 hours) ?BRmake-pseudo-image binary-i386-1.list ftp://ftp.jp.debian.org/debian ?BR (note: you should use archive.debian.org..)
Change the file name ?BR move pseudo-image binary-i386-1.iso
rsync (15 min) ?BR rsync --verbose --progress --stats --block-size=8192 www.uk.debian.org::debian-cd/2.1_r4/i386/binary-i386-1.iso
Check ?BR md5sum -b binary-i386-1.iso
inline:?InfoMagicDebianGnuLinux2.1r2.jpg ?BR Note the former blue eyed pinguin Debian logo. (this cd cover is probably copyrighted ?InfoMagic).