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[David Moberg <davidjmoberg AT gmail.com>]

On 8/4/05, sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Aug 2005 RandumAri AT netscape.net wrote:
> 
> > Hey again,
> >
> >>> Why can't you mount BL3 from the other distribution?
> >>> Is it installed to hard drive, or are you using the loop version?
> >
> > BL3 can't mount it because its installed on a minix (old linux)
> filesystem.
> 
> What version of linux are you using?

I think that you can get the minix.o module from Slackware 7.1,
insmod it, and then you will be able to mount the other Linux
partition.

> >>>> I can't find mkdosfs for BL3 though. [so I can format a 4th partition
> as shared space]
> >
> > ->BL3 doesn't include it.  You can install it from
> > ->Slackware 4.0.
> >
> 
> > I think its in bin-9.2.0-i486-2.tgz .

Are you sure? That looks like it's from a newer Slackware.

> > This is sort of a new problem 
> > though.  When I try to "pkg [FILENAME].tgz" it seems to install. Then, 
> > after installing I try typing in the name of the package and I get a 
> > command not found.

Do you mean "not found"? That can also mean that a different
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 core library was not found. This is a symptom
of getting a package from a wrong version of Slackware.

> > Does that mean that I installed an incompatable 
> > package (and if so, how can I uninstall it?)

Yes. You should be able to install the correct package
over the top, and it will overwrite the old files.

> > Or am I typing in the 
> > wrong executable name (what are the actual names?).

I don't think you are. You need to get packages for BL3 from
Slackware 4.0. Here is a link to a place where you can download
them:

http://slackware.osuosl.org/slackware-4.0/

Note that kernel modules must be gotten from Slackware 7.1.

David