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

On Thu, 25 Aug 2005, Jeffrey Valcher wrote:

> Could you recommend a good compiler, library, etc. for bl3.  The only
> catch is that it has to fit on a floppy or multiple floppies since
> that is the only point of access into my laptop.

Do you have a serial port on the laptop computer?  We managed to make a 
serial transfer cable from two dead serial mice tails and can send you the 
wiring diagram.  Then use some file transfer program, including the one 
that comes with BL, for a slow transfer.  Or get/make parallel transfer 
cable.  Or parallel port zip drive.  Can you compile with BL3 on another 
computer, or with another linux (but 2.2.16 source code).  If you have a 
PCMCIA slot you can get a cheap ethernet card at ebay.

> I was also curious where the src for the 2.2.16 kernel is.  I went to
> Slackware's kernel archive but the 2.2.16 src there was by itself
> bigger than a floppy.  Or where is it in bl3 itself (seeing as how
> it's not in /usr/src).  Is one of the files in /lib/modules the
> source?

BL3 (2MB download of the basics) does not include source code.  The files 
in /lib/2.2.16/modules/misc are modules for kernel 2.2.16 (things you add 
later to use printer, modem, etc.).

Steven included with BL3 (or at least with BL2) a split program to split 
up large files into floppy sized files.  For DOS.  Is there something 
similar for linux?

Sindi

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