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doc/docbook/user/user.dbk
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$Id: user.dbk,v 1.18 2001-11-14 02:43:45 bdenney Exp $
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$Id: user.dbk,v 1.19 2001-11-14 04:08:10 bdenney Exp $
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This is the top level file for the Bochs Users Manual.
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@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ active project of the week at Source Forge.
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<section><title>Who uses Bochs?</title>
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<para> It is hard to estimate how many people have tried Bochs or use it on a
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regular basis, but a few statistics give an indication. The <link
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linkend="mailinglist">bochs-developers mailing list</link>, which is the
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linkend="bochs-developers">bochs-developers mailing list</link>, which is the
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primary source of news on bugs and releases, has over 300 subscribers. The
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latest version has been downloaded over 40,000 times from SourceForge, not
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counting mirrors or CVS users.
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</chapter>
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<chapter id="mailinglist">
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<title>Developer's Mailing List</title>
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<para>
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To provide a forum for the development of the Bochs x86 PC emulation software, and to keep interested parties apprised of developments, there is a developer's email list available to anyone willing to join. After joining, you may email to bochs-developers@lists.sourceforge.net. Please note that your email will be sent to EVERYONE on the list.
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</para>
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<para>
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How to subscribe to the bochs-developers mailing list:
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<title>Mailing Lists</title>
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<para>
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The Bochs community uses two mailing lists to communicate, called
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bochs-announce and bochs-developers.
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</para>
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<para>Subscribe via the web:
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<section id="bochs-developers"><title>bochs-developers mailing list</title>
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<para>
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Bochs-developers is the forum for all Bochs discussions and questions. On
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average, subscribers get between five and ten messages per day. There are
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about 350 subscribers. If this sounds like too much email, maybe the <link
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linkend="bochs-announce">bochs-announce list</link> is more appropriate for
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you. Anyone may join the list, unless they abuse it of course.
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</para>
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<orderedlist>
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<listitem><para>Go to the bochs-developers info page.
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<para>
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To subscribe, go to the <ulink url="http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bochs-developers">Bochs-Developers Info Page</ulink> and type your email
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address and a password into the web form and click
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<command>Subscribe</command>. In a few minutes you will get a confirmation
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email. Follow the directions in the email to complete the subscription
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process. To unsubscribe, go to the <ulink
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url="http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bochs-developers">same
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page</ulink> and type your email address in the blank at the bottom and click
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on <command>Edit Options</command>. Then type your password and click
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<command>Unsubscribe</command>.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem><para>Type your email address and a password into the blanks and click Subscribe.
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<para>
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Once you have subscribed, you can write to
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<email>bochs-developers@lists.sourceforge.net</email> to send a message to
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everyone on the list. While it's possible to post without being a subscriber,
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it's not recommended. If you aren't a subscriber, you might miss the response
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to your question.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem><para>In a few minutes you will receive a confirmation email. Follow the directions to complete the subscription process.
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</section> <!-- End of bochs-developers mailing list -->
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<section id="bochs-announce"><title>bochs-announce mailing list</title>
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<para>
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Bochs-announce is a moderated, low-traffic list which carries only periodic
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announcements of Bochs releases and important events. If you have a very
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important and truly relevant Bochs announcement, you can try posting it to
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bochs-announce, but the moderator will have to approve it before it will
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go out. On average, bochs-announce subscribers get one or two messages
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per month. There are about 75 subscribers. Anyone may join the list.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</orderedlist>
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<para>
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Subscribe via email:
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To subscribe, go to the <ulink url="http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bochs-announce">Bochs-Announce Info Page</ulink> and type your email
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address and a password into the web form and click <command>Subscribe</command>.
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In a few minutes you will get a confirmation email. Follow the directions in
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the email to complete the subscription process. To unsubscribe, go to the
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<ulink url="http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bochs-announce">same
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page</ulink> and type your email address in the blank at the bottom and click
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on <command>Edit Options</command>. Then type your password and click
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<command>Unsubscribe</command>.
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</para>
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<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
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<listitem><para>Send an email to bochs-developers-request@lists.sourceforge.net with the subject line "subscribe". (Don't forget the "-request" part or your subscribe message will go to 300 people.)
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<para>
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There is no need to subscribe to both lists, because all bochs-announce
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messages are forwarded to the developers list. If you subscribe to both, you
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will get 2 copies of every announcement.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem><para>In a few minutes you will receive a confirmation email. Follow the directions to complete the subscription process.
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</section> <!-- End of bochs-announce mailing list -->
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<section><title>Mailing List Etiquette</title>
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<para>
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Here are a few guidelines for use of the Bochs mailing lists:
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</orderedlist>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem> <para>
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Please check the documentation before asking questions, but on this list you
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are very UNLIKELY to get flamed and insulted for being a Bochs beginner.
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Sending commercial promotions to the list probably will get you some angry
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responses though.
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</para> </listitem>
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<listitem> <para>
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Also, keep in mind that messages are limited to 40K, so if you want to share a
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large screen shot or disk image, put it on a web or FTP site and tell people
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how to find it. Patches are usually small enough that they aren't a problem,
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especially if compressed.
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</para> </listitem>
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<listitem> <para>
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Distribution of copyrighted material, or even offers to distribute copyrighted
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material WILL NOT be tolerated. The Bochs Project does not distribute
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any software (disk images) in violation of the license agreement, and users who
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do so will be warned first and then blocked from the list if it happens again.
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As an open source project, we rely on donated services from Source Forge and
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other groups, and we can't afford to put them or ourselves at risk of legal
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action.
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</para> </listitem>
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<listitem> <para>
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It is possible to subscribe and unsubscribe by email. If you do this, you must
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write to bochs-announce-request or bochs-developers-request. Don't forget the
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"-request" part or your subscribe message will go to 300+ people.
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</para> </listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</section>
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</chapter>
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<chapter><title>Tips and Techniques</title>
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Ideas:
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- Using two hard disks
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- How to install ____
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</screen>
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</para>
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