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sindi keesan wrote:
>
> I think Steven has the HD version of BL3 designed to NOT 
> install to hard disk because it is already on hard disk 
> in a 15MB loop file.  

The DOS version of BL3 happily installs to an ext2 partition.
You simply run install-to-hd (same as the floppy version).

> if you hand-copied all the files

Not recommended.

> you need to modify your boot.bat file to point it 
> to the new ext2 partition.

You would also need to edit /etc/fstab and /etc/rc.

> I was told to install the FLOPPY DISK version of BL3 to hard 
> drive 

Who told you that?  It wasn't me.  You can use either version
to install to HD.  The only difference between the two versions
is one boots from lilo and the other from loadlin.exe.

> I did not find it clear which version should be downloaded 
> from the website to do an install-to-ext2.

Either.

> > Everything is fine EXCEPT, if I copy and executable from a 
> > cd onto the hdd I cannot execute it, 

Which CD is that?  I'm guessing your CD is glibc2 based.
BL3 is libc5 based.  Slackware 4.0 (and earlier) are libc5
based.

> > If I say /bin/utelnetd it replies "-sh /bin/utelnetd not found".

What happens when you do:  ldd /bin/utelnetd
I expect that will tell you the glibc2 libraries are missing.
If you want to run a telnet server on BL3, you can use the one 
in Slackware 4.0 (although BL3 is not designed as a server OS).

> > I then installed the tcpip1.tgz package (from slackware 7.1) 
> > tried to execute /usr/sbin/in.telnetd and get the same error

Slackware 7.1 is glibc2 based.  You need to install the tcpip1.tgz
package from Slackware 4.0 (or earlier).  Then execute:
-----------------
in.telnetd -debug
-----------------
Normally in.telnetd is run by inetd (with authentication).  Using
the -debug parameter avoids that.

> > By the way I copied everything to a new ext2 disk (the root fs) 
> > by hand and then changed boot.bat to use it. Is there an automated 
> > way to install BL3 to a partition.

install-to-hd

Cheers,
Steven