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[James Miller <jamtat AT mailsnare.net>]

On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 cce.zizkov AT volny.cz wrote:

> Spam is a huge problem in our office and I still do not want
> to pay to my provider who deliberately opens the server for spam
> and simultaneously offers a spam filter for monthly payment. So
> I created a new RAM version of BL2 with only one task: to
> run mailfilter.
>
> I tested it successfully on two Pentiums, then tried to install it to
> my PC386 (8MB RAM, 40 MHz) where I had been running only BL1, before.
> BL2 does not want to start, because there is "no co-processor" on the
> system. Is there a workaround for this problem (secret loadlin
> parameters etc.) or does BL2 not support machines of that kind?
> Unfortunately the only compiled version of mailfilter I have is for
> Slackware 7 kernel. BL1 or BL3 will not do the job.

Well, I'm not Steven, obviously, but I'll pipe in on this one tentatively.
As I recall, the solution for running BL2 on a coprocessorless (new word
alert! new word alert!) machine is to use a different kernel.  I think
there's a kernel among those available for download under Slack 7.1 that
has a coprocessor emulator: probably the stock kernel (bare.i).  I think
to save space Steven turned off copro emulation in the kernel he specially
compiled for BL2.  Hope that helps.

James