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[Sindi Keesan <keesan AT iamjlamb.com>]

On Mon, 1 Jan 1990 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> Sindi Keesan wrote:
> > 
> > Will the BL3 kernel and modules still work?
> 
> I see no reason to change.
>  
> > It is getting harder to find even SW71.  
> 
> Really?  I knew Slackware 3.5 was getting hard to find, 
> but last time I looked there were still several sites 
> carrying 7.1. Perhaps I need to check again.

I would appreciate if you could do so and update the list of mirrors with 
3.5 and 7.1.  I had been using planetmirror for both.

 
> > Will all the programs from SW81 work on BL2 with glibc
> > upgraded to 2.2.5?  
> 
> I doubt it.  

I recall having to update ncurses in order to use 'screen' from SW80, so I 
guess you need to update additional libraries not just glibc.  The newer 
ncurses was of course larger.  I see why uClibc is needed.

 
> > I bet some people think you cannot hybridize things
> > like that.
> 
> The kernel doesn't care what library is on the filesystem.
> It doesn't even mind if there is no library.  The BL3
> initfs filesystem has no libraries and it runs fine.
> The only reason you need a library is to run a binary
> that depends on that library.  While it is true that most
> Linux distributions depend on libraries, there is nothing
> fundamental about that.

So you could run just statically compiled programs and have NO libraries?  
But probably need a larger hard disk to hold the larger programs.
Do such programs include the entire library or just part of it?

> 
> > So what is the advantage of putting the swap file in ext2 
> > rather than the DOS partition?  
> 
> A swap file is a file.  If you put a file on a DOS partition
> it is subject to DOS problems, eg fragmentation.

Defragment the DOS partition before creating the swap file.  Will it then 
stay in one piece next time you defragment?  

> 
> > how to specify which partition and directory the swap file 
> > is on.  
> 
> It is just a file.  You can move/copy it to any partition or
> directory you wish.

Very handy.  I will experiment with this.  I have plenty of space in BL2 
to make a swap file.

> > Is it made in whatever directory you are in when you make 
> > it?
> 
> It depends on what you put in the "output file" parameter
> of dd (of=).  If you put just the filename, then it will
> appear in the current directory.  If you put a path, it
> will appear there.
I presume you would need to first mount the drive it appears on.

 
> > Is it always a good idea to make it twice the size of 
> > the RAM, no matter how much RAM you have?
> 
> Probably not.  With 8mb RAM or less, I would do 3X.
> With 128mb or more, I would do 1X.  For amounts in 
> between I would do 2X.
> 
> Naturally this all depends on how much HD space you have.
> With a small HD, I would drop that 3X to 2X. 
> 
> Cheers,
> Steven
> 
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