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sindi keesan wrote:
>
> > rpc.portmap
> > rpc.mountd
> > rpc.nfsd
> 
> These files are in SW7.1 tcpip1.tgz but not in BL3 
> - should I add them?  

For BL3 you get them from tcpip1.tgz in Slackware 4.0.
> 
> > insmod sunrpc (not needed for bzimage.big)
>
> "can't handle sections of type 256"

Which kernel are you using?  

> Same for pentium kernel 2.2.26 with BL2.

IIRC the BL2 kernel does not require those modules
(similar to the BL3 big kernel).

> I am using the .p1  kernel 

The p1 kernel from the BL3 site?

> I had 'can't handle sections of type" problems recently 
> with some other modules, I forget which, that worked with 
> 2.4.31 kernels but not 2.2.26 or 2.2.16. 
>
> non-pentium kernels don't boot on two computers due to 
> memory confusion.  

It sounds to me like this could be a hardware issue.
Sound types of hardware need special kernel parameters 
(at compile time) to function correctly.

Cheers,
Steven