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+CHANGES IN THE LINUX v0.96 ROOT DISKETTE
+Jim Winstead Jr. - 4 July 1992
+
+This file mostly contains info about the changes in the root diskette
+from Linux v0.95a to Linux v0.96.
+
+CHANGES
+
+With the release of Linux v0.95a, the maintenance of the root diskette
+has been assumed by Jim Winstead Jr. (jwinstea@jarthur.Claremont.EDU).
+
+This continues with the release of the Linux 0.96 release diskette.
+The changes between the Linux 0.96 and Linux 0.95a root diskettes are
+detailed below:
+
+-	bash is back!  /bin/sh is now a symlink to /bin/bash.  ash was
+	simple too buggy for general use as /bin/sh.  (This was likely
+	a result of a sloppy port to Linux rather than any flaws with
+	ash, but it seems silly to worry about ash when bash fits.)
+
+-	GNU tar is not on the root disk.  Instead, the POSIX-defined
+	utility 'pax' is included, which handles tar _and_ cpio
+	archives.  There are symlinks from /bin/cpio and /bin/tar to
+	/bin/pax to allow using the tar and cpio interfaces to pax.
+
+	(The big change you'll notice is that pax does not support a
+	'z' option for compressed tar files.  You will have to pipe
+	them through 'uncompress' first.)
+
+	This was done because pax is roughly 1/3 the size of GNU tar,
+	and GNU tar offered nothing significant beyond what pax does.
+
+-	the install script has been completely rewritten.  Now, it is
+	much more intelligent, and tries to guide you along the path
+	of installing Linux on your system.
+
+-	split /etc/rc into /etc/rc and /etc/rc.local.  /etc/rc.local
+	is the only one you should ever have need to change.
+
+-	mount has been improved to accept a -a option.  This reads
+	/etc/fstab and mounts the filesystems specified within,
+	including swapping partitions.  See /etc/fstab to see how it
+	works.
+
+	Similar changes have been made to swapon to allow the 'swapon'
+	of a single swap file/partition from /etc/fstab.
+
+	As a result of these two improvements, /bin/mount -a and
+	/bin/swapon -a have both been added to /etc/rc, and you
+	shouldn't need to add additional mount commands to rc.local -
+	use /etc/fstab instead.
+
+	Thanks to Doug Quale for writing the new mount and swapon.
+
+-	uncompress is really a link to compress this time, I screwed
+	up last time.  oops!
+
+-	I recompiled everything with GCC 2.2.2, and they are linked 
+	against shared libraries (located in /lib) - it is important
+	that /lib be part of your root partition!
+
+-	many of the small utilities are linked as 'impure'
+	executables.  This saves a great deal of disk space, at the
+	expense that they can't be demand-loaded or shared.  Most, if
+	not all, of the utilities linked this way are very small and
+	infrequently used, however, so the benefits far outweigh the
+	small disadvantage there.
+
+-	rootdev really is rdev this time.
+
+-	/dev/MAKEDEV is a fairly generic script for making devices.
+	It supercedes /INSTALL/mkdev from the 0.95a root disk, and
+	really should be kept even after installation, because such
+	things as the scsi tape devices are not made by default - this
+	script allows you to make them when needed.
+
+-	added the lp devices, scsi devices, and miscellaneous other
+	devices.
+
+-	included a new termcap file based upon the termcap file
+	released with the setterm-0.96b utility.  Also included are
+	the termcap entires for X terminals and generic vt100 entries.
+
+If you have questions, problems, or complaints about the root
+diskette, either post to comp.os.linux, or send mail to me at
+jwinstea@jarthur.Claremont.EDU. 
+
+If you have questions, problems, or complaints about the boot diskette
+or the kernel itself, post to comp.os.linux or send mail to Linus
+Torvalds at torvalds@cc.helsinki.fi.
+
+Remember, the only stupid questions are the ones you don't ask.
+
+FUTURE CHANGES
+
+I'm already anticipating some changes for the next release, so here's
+a sneak preview:
+
+-	you probably won't notice, but I plan on cleaning up the
+	source of some of the utilities, most noticeably shutdown,
+	passwd and mkfs.  Those are all pretty ugly.
+
+-	the install script will be improved.  The current one was
+	written rather rapidly, so there are parts of it I'm not
+	entirely happy with.
+
+-	I'd like to write an update script that will allow people who
+	have already installed Linux to update their binaries from the
+	latest root disk.  The install script could serve as a base
+	for this, but is a little destructive at present.  (It would
+	simply copy over old binaries, etc.)
+
+-	the documentation on disk will be cleaned up, and possibly
+	added to.
+
+-	fill in the gaps in the MAKEDEV script.  (SCSI tapes, more pty
+	devices.)
+
+-	the release after the extended filesystem is added to the
+	Linux kernel, the root disk will use it.  That means v0.98, if
+	things go according to current plans.  This is to allow time
+	for bugs in the extended filesystem to filter out, and for the
+	new mkfs and fsck to stabilize.  (For those that don't know,
+	the extended filesystem supports 4 terabyte partitions and long
+	filenames, and is currently in alpha testing.)
+
+Again, mail your questions, comments and suggestions about the root
+diskette to me at jwinstea@jarthur.Claremont.EDU.