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[Sindi Keesan <keesan AT iamjlamb.com>]

Still on BL3 first edition.  Trying add-ons.

I downloaded lynx and kermit compiled for Slackware 4.0.
I had lynx from SW3.2 working fine with BL1 (even with the later kernel, I 
think) and it was version 2.6 or so (2.7?).

This lynx is version 2.8.1 and requires zlib which BL1 does not have.  I 
will try getting it from my SW3.2 CD.

It also requires libncurses.so.0.3.4 which I set up as a symlink to 
libncurses.so.1.9.9g from BL1.  Kermit requires the same library but 
nothing else.

I tried Kermit and was told 'floating point exception'.  Should I try the 
Kermit for SW3.0-SW3.5 (which one to try first)?  Or the libncurses from 
SW4.0?  248K for the older one from BL1.

Lynx 2.8.1 for SW4.1 is 852K, lynx.cfg 84K but most of this could be 
deleted.  lynx.lss may be needed but I have not got that far yet.
I might just try the lynx for SW3.2 instead, for a while.  (no zlib 
needed, maybe it is statically compiled with it?)

I have discovered that you cannot copy linux files to a DOS disk without 
first renaming them to 8.3 format, it just refuses to copy otherwise.  

Have not downloaded BL3-0.1 yet.  Jim offered to try it with a hard drive 
formatted various ways with DR-DOS (4 primary, or some logical/extended 
partitions).  We have a test computer set up without any drive yet.  

I will also try booting first time with mono VGA monitor plugged in.



> If you've got a Slackware 3.5 CDrom, there's really no 
> need to get 4.0.  Most of the bits & pieces in BL3 come 
> from Slackware 3.5 or Slackware 3.2  (or were compiled 
> by me).  I have CDroms for 3.2, 3.5 and 4.0, and tended 
> to go with the version that had the smallest footprint 
> (as long as it worked well).  Most of the 4.0 stuff is 
> bigger (more features) so I usually opted for 3.5.
> 
> The reason I mentioned 4.0 was because a small number
> of packages in 3.x will malfunction on BL3 because 
> they were designed for a 2.0 kernel.  It's not a big
> problem -- most users will probably never try to install 
> one of those packages.  So, those of you with a Slack3
> CDrom can keep using it.  
> 
> But, for those of you without a CDrom looking for the
> best place to get Slackware packages, the most up-to-date
> option and the only one with a similar kernel to BL3 is
> Slackware 4.0.
> 
> Cheers,
> Steven
> 
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