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James Miller wrote:
>
> I think BL1 has some kind of counterpart to BL2's (and Slackware's)
> removepkg, doesn't it 

Un




(other listers)?  Or maybe he could use something
> like pkgtool for BL1?  Seems like there should be some such way to remove
> installed packages.  It's been awhile since I've done anything with BL1,
> so I can't say for sure which method would work and be easiest.
> 
> > BTW,when the time comes (for me),is there not a way to do BL3 as linux 
> > only?
> 
> We've discussed ways of doing this onlist recently.  It's not really clear
> what the advantages would be: BL3 really does run from a native Linux
> filesystem, and it is really installed on your hard drive.  It's just
> stored on top of a DOS filesystem.  Anyway, I don't know that Steven would
> ever make the sort of install-to-hd routine for BL3 that BL1 and 2 have.
> But with Linux, all things are possible :).  Certainly a way of getting
> BL3 loaded onto an ext2 partition could be worked out.  Could be a part of
> your learning experience, I suppose.  The biggest challenge might be
> getting a bootloader installed and working, since all BL's are created to
> boot using loadlin (which presupposes DOS).
> 
> James
> 
> PS On using the FAT16/32 filesystem: one thing that's recently been in the
> news is how M$ is starting to file patents for things like xml and the FAT
> filesystem.  It looks like they're going to try to try generating revenue
> by an intellectual property royalties maneuver - like what SCO is trying
> to do with Linux.  In other words, one of the strategies they may use to
> stymie open source efforts and keep people locked into their toll system
> will be to restrict use to some very commonly used standards like the FAT
> filesystem (by requiring people to license it).  Couldn't this be a reason
> to consider moving the BL line away from the DOS filesystem, or at least
> making it more portable to a pure Linux environment?
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