MadMode

On building a Linux box, from December 1995

I'm purging files, and I think the 9505 Beach Hardware folder can go. beach.w3.org was the box I put together for my desktop in May 1995 when I arrived at MIT. It was a PowerSpec from Micro Center. In the folder are my 18 Dec 95 Debian upgrade notes, including gems such as:

mknod 22 0
mount -t iso9660 -oro /dev/cdrom /cdrom

dsselect detected the CDROM!

Also in this folder is a printed article:

• Building the Perfect Box: How To Design Your Linux Workstation
  by Eric S. Raymond
  Linux Journal April 1997

Props to Linux Journal for keeping good archives!