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  • From: David Moberg <davidjmoberg AT gmail.com>
  • To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [BL] BasicLinux 3.40
  • Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 15:12:51 -0800

> 3.40
> ----------------------------------------
> kernel upgraded to 2.2.26
> busybox upgraded to 1.01
> PCMCIA IDE and CF-card capability added
> new add-on modules (eg wireless)
> PLIP removed (still available as add-on)
> ----------------------------------------

I finally got around to installing it. It started up perfectly
and I was able to instantly start using X, etc.

I don't think it is very much of a bother to go download
plip when plip involves some setup anyway.

I notice that you have alias dir='ls -Al' set in profile. I
changed it to alias dir='ls -Al | cat' and now it behaves
more like DOS dir (no color).

ls seems to check stdout's filetype and add color if it
is a terminal.

I just now noticed that BL3.32+ has busybox fdisk
instead of cfdisk. Sindi, did you try this fdisk? It should
work better than cfdisk on a disk with a bad partition
table.

lynx 2.8.6 (static) works perfectly. The LTmodem driver
than I mentioned earlier does not work. Fortunately,
the 2.2.26 kernel is newer so there is a better chance
of finding a driver. I will try more add-ons later today.

In the 'mail' program, when you are composing a new
message and you are prompted for a subject line, the
Backspace key does not work in rxvt but it does work in
command-line mode. Is this an old bug? The backspace
and delete keys work perfectly in other programs with
rxvt.

I will do some more testing. I should try to get my two
wireless network cards going with BL3.4.

Steven, thank you very much for sharing all of these
BL versions with us.

David




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