UZIX 0.2.1 alpha installation
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* Why?

	Because many things changed from UZIX 0.2.0 to 0.2.1, and because
it has been a long time since the last UZIX version was released, I
decided to release an alpha version of UZIX 0.2.1. Why this version is
called 'alpha'? Because I still wanna add direct access to floppy disk
drivers and dynamic memory allocation by applications before releasing
the 'official' version. Also, any report of a yet undiscovered bug is
allways welcome, ensuring a more stable 'official' version.

* What's new?

Big improvements:
- Direct access to Sunrise IDE, CIEL IDE, ESE MegaSCSI, Novaxis and BERT
  harddisk interfaces.
- Simultaneous access up to 64 different disk devices.
- Access to any partition of any device of harddisk interfaces.
- UZLO 2.0 (allows booting even MSXDOS1).
- Enhanced interrupt system: Sunrise RS232 can handle 56kbps with Z80 7MHz
  and 33kbps with Z80 3.5MHz;

Other improvements:
- More robust PPPD application;
- CHAT accepts \c and \d escape sequences for "send" strings;
- Fixed a bug in rm command of sash;
- Added ZICA do distribution;
- Fixed some bugs in installation program;
- Fixed bugs in filesystem (mount and unlinking device entries);
- Fixed a bug in piping;
- Fixed a bug in /dev/lpr handling;
- Fixed a bug in pppd for incoming error messages;
- More file descriptors (meaning more simultaneous opened files);
- Access to 5 mounted UZIX filesystems simultaneously;
- /etc/fstab file is now processed at UZIX startup;
- Smarter intallation program;
- Optimized kernel performance;

* And...?

	Just download, install and try UZIX! If you downloaded this, it
means that you don't need those step-by-step docs for dummies. Run the
installation program, answer the questions and try UZIX. If I could
install it on my harddisk in five minutes without problems (and other
people did it too), why couldn't you?
	Furthermore, calm down. It's alpha, but it's stable. I have been
using UZIX 0.2.1 on my MSX and never got problems.

	Bug reports, comments and doubts are welcome.
	Write to adriano@uzix.org.
