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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

First I want to thank Steven again for making BL3 so easy to install and 
use.  Unlike earlier versions, we were able to download the 2.8M file and 
install directly to loop (where we can add packages and if wanted make the 
loop larger - but could the instructions be posted at the Bl3 site as a 
FAQ?), and it was a simple matter to install to ext2 without needing to 
get additional packages.  We can run just about anything we want to by 
adding the SW81 glibc.  Makes for a much smaller installation than BL2.  I 
doubt any other linux is as easy to set up and as efficient.

We transferred bl3-32.zip by splitting it into two parts and copying via 
floppy disk, then copy part1+part bl3-32.zip.  This worked where plip and 
llpro failed.  No ethernet on the laptop.  Did not try serial transfer via 
linux since we did not yet have linux on there.

Would 100MB or 200MB of hard drive be too better for adding:
icewm, links2, mc, mutt, kermit (2MB), lynx (3MB?), glibc6, dosemu, Opera 
7, xpdf, xv, and the 15MB needed for compiling and perl?

This will leave 800-900MB free as a large ext2 partition for playing with 
standard installations that could later be converted to BL2 etc.

24MB RAM - we could also make a swap file in the DOS or ext2 partition.

This is our pentium laptop with 1.2GB hard drive.  The 486 with the floppy 
drive that only talks to itself can be set up similarly with BL3 in up to 
170MB ext2 and used for biking around in the snow.  The pentium is, I am 
told, to be used in bed because the house is cold.  They both have PCMCIA 
modems so BL3 will be ideal.

Question:  after setting up a plip or serial pppd transfer cable 
connection, instead of sending the .tgz files to the DOS or ext2 
directory, is there some simple way to install the packages over the 
connection, for instance using mc?



keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org
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