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Christof Lange wrote:
>
> Can I get them from newer sections of the Slackware site? 
> Or do they require only library upgrades?

BL3 normally runs libc5 executables -- available in 
Slackware 4 and earlier.  It is possible to upgrade
the libraries to glibc2 (which is much larger) and 
run executables from Slackware 7 and later.

> Is there a way to run an existing BL installation 
> (BL3 or Slackware 7.1) with the experimental kernel? 

It is possible to use various kernels (2.0, 2.2, 2.4, 2.6)
with BL2 or BL3.  However, you will need to put the modules 
that match the kernel in /lib/modules.  In addition, a few 
executables (like pppd) may need to be changed to match the 
kernel.  Also, the kernel must have an appropriate config 
for the filesystem -- for example, in order for a kernel to 
work with the BL3 loop version, it must have loop capability
in the config.

Cheers,
Steven