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

> > > > I also downloaded bash binary compiled with dietlibc - would this work 
> > > > better than the five-year-old bash from SW4.0?
> > >
> > >
> > > I'm not sure that it would work at all.
> >
> >
> > Why not?   The dietlibc one is statically compiled - would it not work with 
> > BL3 for any particular reason?
>
> Sorry, I didn't know that it was statically compiled. Then my answer would be 
> yes, it would work better.


The ash shell in BL3 is part of busybox - perhaps I should also download 
the ash from dietlibc?   The class starts in a few days and we will know 
then what shells are needed.
> > Could I create a  .profile and .login and only use them when running in a 
> > particular shell, after typing bash or tcsh?  Do I type bash login or 
> > something to use .profile?  Exit and then Enter again?  I have very little 
> > experience with this sort of stuff.
>
> On my modern linux machine, .profile is only executed when you come from 
> login.

Isn't there some way to execute it after logging in too?  I recall doing 
something like chroot .... /bash/bin login (???) when I booted with BL3 
and then wanted to run BL2 from hd.

> > > > Instead of setting up user accounts, could I convert the loop bl3 to bash 
> > > > and the hd bl3 to tcsh?  If so, how?
> Sorry, I've only gotten 3 hours of sleep for the last couple days, I'm a 
> little on the tired side :P . Yes, the loop version is easy to change so feel 
> free to go right ahead :) .

But what file(s) would I change to convert from the default to bash or 
tcsh?  I also need bash to install dosemu - is it enough to just have it 
on the computer?

I had better do some background reading about shells.  The computer is for 
my partner but I am helping set it up, and he will then learn enough to 
help me write scripts later.

Sindi Keesan