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sindi keesan wrote:
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> Steven, how difficult is it to compile links2 for BL3 

IIRC it wasn't too bad:  more user-friendly than most.

> and was there anything special you had to do for it?  

Not that I remember.  However, I have previously added a
lot of additional packages (required by other sourcecode)
so a don't know if links2 will compile on just the base 
compiler packages.
 
> Do you have some sort of configuration setup that you 
> used which I could copy

Sorry I don't have room on this system to keep the working
files from everything I've compiled.  As soon as the binary
is working 100%, I delete the working directory (keeping only 
the original tgz package).
 
> I will also attempt to compile a later pppd that might 
> work better with my external modem.  Is that tricky in any way?

IIRC there are kernel issues with pppd (unlike most 
programs, which don't care on which kernel they run).

> My laptop pentium only boots with loadlin if I start 
> with Freedos and Freedos himem.sys interferes with Xvesa.  

Have you tried DOS 5 on that machine?  The himem.sys in
DOS 5 is the only one that doesn't mess up Xvesa on this
computer.

> I have not used lilo, but assume you get some sort of 
> choice between DOS and linux.  

Usually lilo boots directly to the default OS, but you
can press a key to enter a different option.

> What would be the advantages of either method?

loadlin.exe is more idiot-proof and is easier to fix
when something goes wrong.

> Does lilo provide a boot choice 

That depends on how you configure /etc/lilo.conf

Cheers,
Steven

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