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

On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> sindi keesan wrote:
> > I was just able to mount -o loop the BL3 fs.img
> > from BL2 ramdisk and chroot to it.  I thought you
> > needed more space for BL3 than a ramdisk.
>
> Even after the chroot, the BL3 filesystem is still
> running from the loop file.
> From the DOS partition, while hd BL3 could be mounted from the ext2 linux 
partition?

> > We were trying to find some way to use sed and
> > user at the same time - BL2 ramdisk has 'user'
> > and BL3 loop has sed.
>
> Doesn't BL2 ramdisk have sed?
Yes, in busybox, but my partner somehow missed it.  I might need to put on 
the full binaries instead of busybox if he gets very far into this.
Which Slackware packages should I use to replace all of busybox?

> > Does BL3 installed to hd provide some way to log
> > in as user
>
> No.
>
> > and if not, how can we add that?
>
> It's not easy.  Many changes would be required.
>
> > My partner is taking a Unix Tools course and wants
> > to work as user.
>
> For that, BL1 or BL2 would be simpler.
>
> > BL3 does not have a login even if I add user to passwd
> > (there is no shadow file).
>
> For starters, it needs a getty and a new inittab.
>
> > Would it be easier to add PCMCIA to BL2 than login
> > to BL3?
>
> Yes.

Do I just copy over the modules and anything else related to PCMCIA (in 
rc, for instance) or must I install any other Slackware packages?

> > Would you like to look at my config.log to help
> > figure out if I am missing some utilities,
>
> There is no need to post the entire output.  Just examine
> what is on the screen when the compilation fails.  Look
> for the earliest error message (which is probably causing
> the subsequent ones).  It is often a "not found" error.
> For example:  if it says ncurses.h not found, you are
> probably missing the ncurses package (in /slakware/d1).

Configure cannot find things that I know are on the computer.  For SANE I 
fixed it by adding after CFLAGS in all the makefile -I and the path to 
these files.  That did not work here.  What am I doing wrong?
-------------------------
This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.

It was created by configure, which was
generated by GNU Autoconf 2.59.  Invocation command line was

  $ ./configure 
configure:1643: gcc -V </dev/null >&5
gcc: argument to `-V' is missing
.........
conftest.c:2: parse error before `me'
configure:2226: $? = 1
configure: failed program was:
| #ifndef __cplusplus
|   choke me
| #endif
configure:2239: checking how to run the C preprocessor
configure:2356: gcc -E  conftest.c
In file included from /usr/include/bits/posix1_lim.h:126,
                 from /usr/include/limits.h:144,
                 from 
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-slackware-linux/2.95.3/include/limits.h:117,
                 from 
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-slackware-linux/2.95.3/include/syslimits.h:7,
                 from 
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-slackware-linux/2.95.3/include/limits.h:11,
                 from conftest.c:10:
/usr/include/bits/local_lim.h:36: linux/limits.h: No such file or directory

[I get lots more errors of this sort not finding limits.h]

configure:2356: $? = 1
configure: failed program was:
| /* confdefs.h.  */
| 
| #define PACKAGE_NAME ""
......
| #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT ""
| /* end confdefs.h.  */
| #ifdef __STDC__
| # include <limits.h>
| #else
| # include <assert.h>
| #endif
|                    Syntax error


/usr/include/sys/cdefs.h:31: #error "You need a ISO C conforming compiler to use 
the glibc headers"

[I get lots more of all the above errors]


configure:2449: /lib/cpp  conftest.c
In file included from /usr/include/bits/posix1_lim.h:126,
.................. (more of the same)
/usr/include/bits/local_lim.h:36: linux/limits.h: No such file or directory
configure:2449: $? = 1

configure:2460: error: C preprocessor "/lib/cpp" fails sanity check

[It exits with this message but the config.log continues]


configure: exit 1

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> > > There are cheap adapters to plug CF cards into IDE slots.
> >
> > They are not cheap new ($54).
>
> Those are not the ones I mean.  I'm talking about tiny
> little adapters that plug directly to the IDE pins on
> the motherboard.  You have to remove the cover on your
> computer to plug in the CF card, but it's a cheap option.

Do you need to leave the cover off to use this adaptor afterwards? Where 
does it come out of the case? I presume this would not work if we have two 
IDE hard drives and one or two CD-ROM drives in there already.  We have 
controller cards to add a controller but are short on ISA slots.  It would 
be easier to plug such an adaptor into a parallel port but I suppose that 
would transfer more slowly.  But faster than via serial port.

> > I could buy a used serial camera for that.
>
> CF-PCMCIA sleeves sell for $5 here (brand new).
> CF-IDE adapters cost a bit more.
> A used digital camera costs at least 5 times that.

In either event I am thinking about buying another used digital camera. 
Ours was $50 five years ago (1995 Epson .3 Megapixels) and it produces 
fuzzy pictures compared to newer ones at the same resolution.  A serial 
Olympus can, if I am persistent, be had for about $50.  Are the USB ones 
any better?  It would be nice to have a choice.

I will try the SW71 USB kernel some time with our USB optical mouse. 
Other than boot with that kernel, do I need additional software or editing 
of files?

> Cheers,
> Steven
>
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