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

On Thu, 28 Dec 2006 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> 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.


The Slackware 8.1 glibc lets you run Opera 8.54.
Glibc from Slackware 9.0 still works with 2.2 kernels.  Glibc from 
Slackware 10.X does not.

I think the Opera 9.01 that I downloaded for Slackware 8.1 requires glibc 
2.3.2 (Slackware 10.X).  How can someone with the latest glibc determine 
which glibc Opera requires?  I got an error message when I tried to run 
what I downloaded, about needing GLIBC2.3.2.  I don't want to do another 
one hour download to confirm (I deleted the previous file).

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

The 2.4.31 kernels appear to mount the loop file system read-only.  So are 
not advised for loop BL3.  You can write to the DOS partition but not to 
the linux file system.

> Cheers,
> Steven

Sindi