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- fixed link to latest CHANGES file

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- added link to Cirrus notes
- some small updates
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Volker Ruppert 2005-05-23 20:04:43 +00:00
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doc/docbook/user/user.dbk
$Id: user.dbk,v 1.173 2005-05-14 16:00:33 vruppert Exp $
$Id: user.dbk,v 1.174 2005-05-23 20:04:43 vruppert Exp $
This is the top level file for the Bochs Users Manual.
================================================================
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<para>
The change log is stored in the Bochs source code in a file called
CHANGES. Click <ulink url="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/bochs/bochs/CHANGES?rev=HEAD&amp;content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup">here</ulink> to see the latest version of the CHANGES file.
CHANGES. Click <ulink url="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/bochs/bochs/CHANGES?rev=HEAD&amp;content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup">here</ulink> to see the latest version of the CHANGES file.
</para>
<para>
The link above is provided by Source Forge and might change one day. If it
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These scripts run the <command>configure</command> script for you, with a set of
options that are appropriate for that platform. It is not necessary to
use the shortcut scripts; they are simply there to show you an example that
the developers have used.
the developers have used. Some of these scripts have been used to build official
binary packages.
<tip>
<para>
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what if make fails?
- try make dist-clean, and run configure and make again
- use configure options to disable options. For example, if errors in
fpu/fpu_system.h, you could try --disable-fpu.
fpu/fpu.cc, you could try --disable-fpu.
- search for the error on the Bochs website (bug reports, patches)
- if familiar with C++, many minor problems can be corrected
- move to more stable code. if it's CVS, see if a release version will
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Both VGA BIOS versions as well as the ROM BIOS are part of Bochs. No separate download is necessary.
</para></note>
<note><para>
If you want to use the Cirrus SVGA adapter instead of VGA + Bochs VBE, you should
have a look at <xref linkend="cirrus-notes">.
</para></note>
<para>
In that case you have to pass the configuration options on the command
line or to use the configuration interface to set up Bochs for the simulation.