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Re: [BL] About the Core itself...

From: sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>
To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [BL] About the Core itself...
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 01:30:20 +0000 (UTC)

I have marked what I understand the following to be used for (Steven please correct me). I don't know the hardware differences between Mac and x86, but I don't think you need to support such things as parallel or serial ports, and you may not need or want modem or ethernet or PCMCIA.

417820 Apr 27 2004 ./bin/busybox
17308 Apr 26 2004 ./bin/setterm
4536 May 6 2004 ./boot/boot.b

19 Apr 30 2004 ./etc/Xconfig

Are you planning to use X? It won't work in 4MB, probably will in 12MB but rather slowly

114 May 1 2004 ./etc/fstab
27 Apr 11 1998 ./etc/host.conf
85 Oct 8 2000 ./etc/hosts
209 Feb 23 2004 ./etc/inittab
1180 Oct 6 2004 ./etc/issue
691 Feb 18 2004 ./etc/ld.so.cache
17 Feb 10 2004 ./etc/ld.so.conf
191 May 9 2004 ./etc/lilo.conf
21262 Feb 18 2004 ./etc/magic

What does this do?

40 Aug 13 2001 ./etc/networks
115 Mar 9 2004 ./etc/passwd

574 Apr 26 2004 ./etc/pcmcia/config
10 Apr 26 2004 ./etc/pcmcia/network
10 Apr 26 2004 ./etc/pcmcia/serial
66 Apr 26 2004 ./etc/pcmcia/start

PCMCIA- Do Macs have PCMCIA slots?

1 Apr 20 2002 ./etc/ppp/options

Will you be using a modem with the computers?

396 Apr 26 2004 ./etc/profile
385 May 6 2004 ./etc/rc
438 May 6 2004 ./etc/rc.hd

106 Apr 18 2002 ./etc/resolv.conf

Used when modeming

3162 Feb 20 2004 ./etc/termcap
22340 Apr 9 1998 ./lib/ld-linux.so.1.9.7
580816 Apr 9 1998 ./lib/libc.so.5.4.44
4236 Apr 9 1998 ./lib/libcom_err.so.2.0
5796 Sep 8 2001 ./lib/libdl.so.1.9.9
59396 Apr 9 1998 ./lib/libext2fs.so.2.3
32168 Apr 9 1998 ./lib/libm.so.5.0.9
11493 Apr 27 2004 ./lib/libtermcap.so.2.0.8
5576 Apr 9 1998 ./lib/libuuid.so.1.1

I think these are essential

Do you have CD-ROM drive, ethernet card or chip? I have not seen a Mac with serial or parallel ports - what do they use instead? A friend's older Mac used SCSI, so you would need a SCSI-capable kernel, which I don't think the main BL kernel is (it won't boot to a SCSI drive).
Maybe you should start with a working Mac linux and pare it down?

9120 Mar 5 2004 ./lib/modules/2.2.16/misc/8390.o

ethernet

42456 Feb 8 2004 ./lib/modules/2.2.16/misc/cdrom.o
32248 Feb 8 2004 ./lib/modules/2.2.16/misc/ide-cd.o
24879 Feb 8 2004 ./lib/modules/2.2.16/misc/isofs.o

CD-ROM drive

10436 Mar 5 2004 ./lib/modules/2.2.16/misc/lp.o

Printing

9976 Mar 5 2004 ./lib/modules/2.2.16/misc/ne.o
7100 Mar 5 2004 ./lib/modules/2.2.16/misc/ne2k-pci.o

Ethernet

13156 Mar 5 2004 ./lib/modules/2.2.16/misc/parport.o
11064 Mar 5 2004 ./lib/modules/2.2.16/misc/parport_pc.o
12744 Mar 5 2004 ./lib/modules/2.2.16/misc/plip.o

These three are for parallel port - printer, zip drive, transfer cable.

29496 Feb 27 2004 ./lib/modules/2.2.16/misc/ppp.o
6772 Feb 27 2004 ./lib/modules/2.2.16/misc/slhc.o

These are for use with a modem.

10612 Apr 26 2004 ./lib/modules/2.2.16/pcmcia/ds.o
31652 Apr 26 2004 ./lib/modules/2.2.16/pcmcia/i82365.o
52946 Apr 26 2004 ./lib/modules/2.2.16/pcmcia/pcmcia_core.o
14852 Apr 26 2004 ./lib/modules/2.2.16/pcmcia/pcnet_cs.o
7740 Apr 26 2004 ./lib/modules/2.2.16/pcmcia/serial_cs.o

PCMCIA - do yoru Macs have this?

146 Mar 19 2004 ./root/.Xdefaults

X configuration

67 Jan 8 2000 ./root/.less
172 Jan 8 2000 ./root/.lesskey

0 Apr 11 02:13 ./root/.links/bookmarks
129 Feb 23 2004 ./root/.links/html.cfg
843 Mar 13 2004 ./root/.links/links.cfg
0 Apr 11 02:13 ./root/.links/links.his

Links text browser. There is a graphical version available.

358 Mar 8 2004 ./root/.pmailrc

Config file for mail program

92 Oct 6 2004 ./root/.xinitrc

744 Apr 30 2003 ./root/hotlist.html

Links browser start page

0 Mar 8 2004 ./root/mail/inbox
0 Mar 13 2004 ./root/mail/outbox
0 Mar 8 2004 ./root/mail/sent

1627 Mar 5 2004 ./root/netsetup

Template for setting up various networks

7856 Jun 24 1997 ./sbin/badblocks
59772 Jun 24 1997 ./sbin/e2fsck
12000 Apr 30 2004 ./sbin/ldconfig
66428 May 6 2004 ./sbin/lilo

Is there a way to boot from a Mac with loadlin?

15680 Jun 24 1997 ./sbin/mke2fs

Format ext2 linux partitions.

6500 Mar 2 1998 ./sbin/rdev
12488 Aug 12 2001 ./sbin/setserial

I have not used these. Is setserial relevant to a Mac?

The below are all for X only:

12440 Feb 18 2004 ./usr/X11R6/bin/MENU
1545 Sep 17 2004 ./usr/X11R6/bin/Xsetup
869580 Feb 16 2004 ./usr/X11R6/bin/Xvesa
39040 Feb 18 2004 ./usr/X11R6/bin/calctool
10924 Feb 18 2004 ./usr/X11R6/bin/calctool.help
180840 Apr 26 2004 ./usr/X11R6/bin/mgp
9104 Feb 21 2004 ./usr/X11R6/bin/rclock
67872 Mar 19 2004 ./usr/X11R6/bin/rxvt
120 Sep 16 2004 ./usr/X11R6/bin/startx
97 Mar 8 2004 ./usr/X11R6/bin/startxt
18892 Feb 18 2004 ./usr/X11R6/bin/swm
3820 Feb 16 2004 ./usr/X11R6/bin/swmbg
13376 Feb 23 2004 ./usr/X11R6/bin/xev
9372 Sep 16 2004 ./usr/X11R6/bin/xinit
211644 Feb 21 2004 ./usr/X11R6/bin/xli
21020 Feb 23 2004 ./usr/X11R6/bin/xmodmap
28000 Sep 26 2004 ./usr/X11R6/bin/xset
33799 Apr 10 2004 ./usr/X11R6/lib/fonts/100dpi/c0632bt_.pfb
71 Oct 6 2004 ./usr/X11R6/lib/fonts/100dpi/fonts.dir
2713 Apr 10 2004 ./usr/X11R6/lib/fonts/misc/clR9x15.pcf.gz
1765 Sep 16 2004 ./usr/X11R6/lib/fonts/misc/fonts.alias
112 Apr 10 2004 ./usr/X11R6/lib/fonts/misc/fonts.dir
2812 Apr 11 2004 ./usr/X11R6/lib/fonts/misc/helvB14.pcf.gz
2540 Apr 11 2004 ./usr/X11R6/lib/fonts/misc/helvR12.pcf.gz
3127 Apr 10 2004 ./usr/X11R6/lib/fonts/misc/lutB24.pcf.gz
2789 Apr 11 2004 ./usr/X11R6/lib/fonts/misc/lutRS19.pcf.gz
586396 Sep 17 2004 ./usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6.1
48344 Sep 17 2004 ./usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.so.4.3

12803 Feb 24 2004 ./usr/bin/e3pi
12803 Feb 24 2004 ./usr/bin/e3vi

Tiny wordprocessor.

27376 Feb 27 2004 ./usr/bin/eznet

Dialing program for modem

25356 Jan 9 2000 ./usr/bin/file
5924 Apr 30 2004 ./usr/bin/ldd
56544 Dec 1 2002 ./usr/bin/less

2293 Jul 21 2000 ./usr/bin/lesspipe.sh

What does this do?

428632 Oct 7 2000 ./usr/bin/links-0.90

browser

962 Mar 13 2004 ./usr/bin/mail
738 Mar 13 2004 ./usr/bin/mailto

little mail program/script

32 Feb 25 2004 ./usr/bin/man

14024 Mar 5 2004 ./usr/bin/microcom

Terminal program used to dial a bbs (but I can't get mine to be functional afterwards) or for nullmodem connection between computers.

819 Oct 6 2004 ./usr/bin/pkg
29556 Mar 4 2004 ./usr/bin/readmail
174 Mar 5 2004 ./usr/bin/send2mbox
9044 Jan 7 2000 ./usr/bin/setleds
812 Mar 7 2004 ./usr/bin/wp
49 May 19 1994 ./usr/bin/zless

6299 Oct 6 2004 ./usr/games/bombem.gz
6785 Feb 29 2004 ./usr/games/castlemaze.gz

Games, optional

4937 Feb 27 2004 ./usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt.gz

X

The following man pages are not needed but don't take up RAM.

1400 Apr 27 2004 ./usr/man/MENU.gz
1220 Feb 24 2004 ./usr/man/Xvesa.gz
13904 Apr 27 2004 ./usr/man/ash.gz
1100 Feb 27 2004 ./usr/man/badblocks.gz
2409 Apr 26 2004 ./usr/man/cardmgr.gz
2766 Mar 1 2004 ./usr/man/e2fsck.gz
4911 Feb 27 2004 ./usr/man/eznet.gz
1378 Apr 26 2004 ./usr/man/file.gz
1564 Feb 26 2004 ./usr/man/init.gz
1109 May 7 2004 ./usr/man/lilo.gz
2013 Apr 27 2004 ./usr/man/mgp.gz
1432 Mar 4 2004 ./usr/man/microcom.gz
3489 Feb 29 2004 ./usr/man/pmail.gz
12900 Feb 27 2004 ./usr/man/pppd.gz
1695 Feb 27 2004 ./usr/man/rdev.gz
321 Feb 29 2004 ./usr/man/readmail.gz
7927 Feb 27 2004 ./usr/man/rxvt.gz
1184 Feb 27 2004 ./usr/man/setleds.gz
7506 Feb 27 2004 ./usr/man/setserial.gz
822 Mar 12 2004 ./usr/man/swm.gz
1756 Mar 5 2004 ./usr/man/udhcpc.gz
971 Feb 27 2004 ./usr/man/xev.gz
7911 Feb 24 2004 ./usr/man/xli.gz
4379 Feb 27 2004 ./usr/man/xmodmap.gz

35252 Apr 26 2004 ./usr/sbin/cardmgr

PCMCIA

1644 May 9 2004 ./usr/sbin/install-to-hd

Not needed after installation.

76324 Feb 28 2004 ./usr/sbin/pmail

Small mail program

93 Mar 5 2004 ./usr/sbin/ppp-off
19 Apr 19 2002 ./usr/sbin/ppp-on
122576 Mar 19 2004 ./usr/sbin/pppd
407 Mar 7 2004 ./usr/sbin/pppsetup

Modem

116 Feb 27 2004 ./usr/sbin/receive
655 Mar 1 2004 ./usr/sbin/send

Script used to send files between computers or partitions.

1936 Jan 1 1990 ./usr/share/mgp/demo.mgp
2287 Jan 1 1990 ./usr/share/mgp/earth.jpg

Sample files for Magic Point and XLI image viewer.

1 Feb 12 2004 ./usr/share/swm/.swm/button1
1 Feb 12 2004 ./usr/share/swm/.swm/button2
39 Mar 3 2004 ./usr/share/swm/.swm/button3
162 Oct 6 2004 ./usr/share/swm/control.sh
334 Oct 6 2004 ./usr/share/swm/internet.sh
429 Oct 6 2004 ./usr/share/swm/menu.sh

For a small window manager

78 Feb 23 2004 ./usr/share/swm/pixmaps/background.xpm
562 Feb 13 2004 ./usr/share/swm/pixmaps/closebox.xpm
4557 Feb 13 2004 ./usr/share/swm/pixmaps/confetti.xpm
2531 Feb 13 2004 ./usr/share/swm/pixmaps/denim.xpm
1471 Feb 13 2004 ./usr/share/swm/pixmaps/graywacke.xpm
72 Feb 23 2004 ./usr/share/swm/pixmaps/indigo.xpm
560 Feb 13 2004 ./usr/share/swm/pixmaps/maxbox.xpm
76 Feb 23 2004 ./usr/share/swm/pixmaps/midnight.xpm
507 Feb 13 2004 ./usr/share/swm/pixmaps/morocco.xpm
923 Aug 10 2001 ./usr/share/swm/pixmaps/stickybox.xpm
8845 Feb 13 2004 ./usr/share/swm/pixmaps/terracotta.xpm
925 Aug 10 2001 ./usr/share/swm/pixmaps/unstickybox.xpm
563 Feb 18 2004 ./usr/share/swm/pixmaps/viridescent.xpm

Wallpaper - you can delete them (or at least all but one if you use X).

153 Oct 6 2004 ./usr/share/swm/ppp-on.sh
530 Oct 6 2004 ./usr/share/swm/wallpaper.sh

1561 Jan 9 2000 ./usr/share/terminfo/l/linux
1592 Jan 9 2000 ./usr/share/terminfo/l/linux-nic
332 Jan 9 2000 ./usr/share/terminfo/l/lpr
1143 Jan 9 2000 ./usr/share/terminfo/v/vt100
1137 Jan 9 2000 ./usr/share/terminfo/v/vt102
1294 Jan 9 2000 ./usr/share/terminfo/v/vt320

1256 Jan 9 2000 ./usr/share/terminfo/x/xterm
1260 Jan 9 2000 ./usr/share/terminfo/x/xterm-nic

For X?

801 Feb 1 2003 ./usr/share/udhcpc/default.script

For connecting to a DSL router that assigns IP address (?).

569 Apr 30 2003 ./var/eznet/eznet.conf

Modem

1 Apr 20 2002 ./var/log/messages
0 Mar 20 2004 ./var/run/utmp
0 Oct 8 2000 ./var/spool/mail/root

ldconfig: version 1.8.10

/usr/X11R6/lib:
libXpm.so.4 => libXpm.so.4.3
libX11.so.6 => libX11.so.6.1

/usr/lib:
/lib:
libdl.so.1 => libdl.so.1.9.9
libtermcap.so.2 => libtermcap.so.2.0.8
libuuid.so.1 => libuuid.so.1.1
libm.so.5 => libm.so.5.0.9
libext2fs.so.2 => libext2fs.so.2.3
libcom_err.so.2 => libcom_err.so.2.0
libc.so.5 => libc.so.5.4.44

You need these (for PC anyway).

Linux version 2.2.16 (root@BasicLinux) (gcc version 2.7.2.1) #2 Sat Feb
7 23:37:57 CST 2004

There is a newer version using 2.2.26 (Basiclinux 3.40)

Detected 1732535 kHz processor.

Wow! This can't be the 4MB model

People keep giving us Macs, most recently a 100MHz desktop with 3GB HD, and a 1997 laptop which I read works with linux will be returning soon. Please report back on your progress.

Sindi

keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org
SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org

[BL] About the Core itself..., Christian Brandt, 04/11/2006
- Re: [BL] About the Core itself..., 3aoo-cvfd, 04/11/2006
  - Re: [BL] About the Core itself..., Christian Brandt, 04/13/2006
    - Re: [BL] About the Core itself..., James Miller, 04/13/2006
    - Re: [BL] About the Core itself..., 3aoo-cvfd, 04/13/2006
- Re: [BL] About the Core itself..., sindi keesan, 04/11/2006
  - Re: [BL] About the Core itself..., Christian Brandt, 04/13/2006
    - Re: [BL] About the Core itself..., 3aoo-cvfd, 04/13/2006
      - Re: [BL] About the Core itself..., sindi keesan, 04/13/2006
- Re: [BL] About the Core itself..., sindi keesan, 04/11/2006
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