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Sindi Keesan wrote:
>
> Would there be any problem in installing BL3 to hard 
> drive but also copying over from BL1 the pertinent 
> modules

BL1 modules will not work on BL3.

> ftp (and /etc/services) 

Binaries from BL1 should work on BL3, but you might have
to copy an extra library or two (from BL1).

> Steven, what is the size difference between the BL1 and 
> BL3 kernels?  

BL1  2.0.34  464762
BL3  2.2.16  435775

> It might be possible (I am hoping) to run BL1 with svgalib 
> in 3M RAM, 

Unlikely.  

> if the kernel loads into significantly less RAM than the 
> BL3 kernel.  

On the contrary.  The BL3 kernel is smaller.  So is the BL3 init.
BL3 is significantly leaner than BL1.

> My only laptop computer is a 386 with 3M RAM. 

If I had such a laptop, I would install a large DOS partition
and a smaller Linux partition (plus 6mb swap partition).  Forget
about X on such a machine.  If you want a GUI, use DOS.

> It works (excruciatingly slowly) with Arachne, 

I seem to recall that Arachne performance could be greatly
improved by using a HD cache and/or putting the temp directory 
in a ramdisk (or was that the entire Arachne tree in a ramdisk?).

> If links2 graphical with svgalib does not fit into 3M RAM, 

links2 graphical is not viable on 3mb RAM.  

> What viewer is used in BL1?  

A stripped version of vimage.  It only views GIFs.

> Is this something that can easily be copied to BL3?

You would also have to copy the libvga files.

Cheers,
Steven