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

Original question - why Steven did not post both pcmcia scsi modules:

I looked at the set of pcmcia modules that I compiled from the latest 
pcmcia source code and the sym module is not there but the aha is.  I 
would have to track down the module source code and learn how to compile a 
module (which I already failed at for an ethernet card, in fact I managed 
to destroy BL on that computer in trying).

There is no real need to use the laptops with external SCSI drive for file 
transfer now that I have pcmcia ethernet cards working.  It would have 
been impressive though, also with a scsi scanner.


Question why BL2 works with 2.4.X but not 2.2.X kernels on one computer 
that happens to be the PIII:

> > > Do you have any idea why the 700MHz PIII won't work with BL2
> > > and older kernel but it will with BL3
> >
> > It's nice that BL3 works with a PIII, but it really
> > doesn't matter.  BL3 is targetted at 486 and P1.
> > I'm more interested in 386s than PIIIs.
>
> People are now throwing out 700MHz around here.  I have something that
> works on one (BL2 with 2.4.31 kernel, BL3 with any kernel) but I was
> hoping to learn something about how they differ and why BL3 would work
> where BL2 would not.  Something about busybox during boot?  Is there
> anything I could try changing in BL2 to get it working with 2.2.26?

Apparently I would need to change glibc to an earlier version or recompile 
it myself to work with 2.2.16 and later kernels (--enable-kernel-2.2.16 or 
similar).


I upgraded BL2 but not BL3 on that computer to SW91 glibc to run qemu 
(because I have the CD for 9.1 and not 9.0 and I don't want to mix solibs 
and regular libs or download 9.0 regular libs).

Which kernels do 9.0 and 9.1 use?  The 9.1 glibc appears to have been 
compiled to work only with the 9.1 kernel (or at least a 2.4.X kernel) and 
not 2.2.26 or earlier.

So the PIII is unlikely to have anything to do with it - I just never 
tried out BL2 with older kernels after changing glibc from SW8.1 to SW 
9.1.

I could continue using only the newer kernel in BL2 or downgrade glibc to 
9.0 (has anyone tried that with kernel 2.2.16?) or 8.1, or upgrade it to 
10.2 so I can use recent precompiled programs.

Or buy a 9.0 CD and upgrade to that glibc if it is compiled to work with 
2.2.16 kernels.

Sindi