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

On Sun, 6 Mar 2005, rvijay07 wrote:

> The ppp-on hanging I experienced is due to the NOT Switching-off problem 
> caused by a probable conflict at the COM2 port. So I had to switch-off 
> everytime to reset the hardware.

Did you disable COM2 in BIOS?

> How come this problem doesn't occur with other Distros on the same PC ? 
> I have used FreeBSD, DamnSmallLinux, Debian, Knoppix, Knoppix hd install 
> etc., on this same PC. None have posed the problems like this one.

Try a later version of pppd by downloading BL2 for 2 floppy disks and see 
if it works better.  Your other linuxes and BSDs are probably using newer 
libraries and executables than BL3.

> Moreover, if there are such challenges with Basic Linux, makes me wonder 
> what other similar MINOR but critical challenges/issues are there or can 
> be encountered in the future with BL ?

Just wait until you try using Xvesa on an old laptop. ;=)

Loop linux is another challenge - it won't boot on two of our computers.
(The BL3 that installs to a DOS partition).

But BL2 and BL3 work on computers where the more 'modern' linuxes simply 
don't support the hardware.  They assume you have a newer video card, or 
lots more memory, or 2GB free hard disk.

> Vijay
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