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

On Thu, 10 Mar 2005, David Moberg wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "sindi keesan" <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>
>
> > What does dhcp do and does BL3 or BL2 have it?
>
> It's a system for semi-automatically setting up a network. It's often
> used by DSL/Cable "modems". BL3 has it with BusyBox, BL2 may need an
> extra package.

It is in /usr/bin/  and is part of BL2-base (so maybe not in the FD 
version).  I should read the man page.

How is a 'cable modem' connected to a computer?  I just discovered the 
owner of the broadband computer has comcast.

> > Do you know of some other small distribution that would work better
> > in this situation?
>
> I don't think another distribution will be much better. BL, as you know,
> is designed to be a distribution that can connect to the Internet in
> a small space.

I looked at other 1 and 2 floppy distributions and a few of them had 
diallers, or 'links,' but none had graphics.  How would the ones without 
diallers be used, with dchp and ethernet?

HAL91 looked useful for parallel port zip drive - it boots from one disk 
and the second disk has scsi modules and ppa, works in 8MB ram on a 386, 
ftp, telnet, pppd.  It has an editable rc file that you can make changes 
to but I did not understand how you would change configuration files.

Would it be possible to put BL2 or BL3 on 100MB parport zip drive then set 
up 2-floppy BL2 with these modules (delete unneeded modules and add 
scsi_mod and sd_mod and ppa), boot from floppy disk and mount then 
chroot to zip drive? This would be smaller and lighter than a laptop 
computer to take to friends' houses.  Add an external modem.  This assumes 
friends will have serial ports and floppy drives.

 > David
> --

Sindi