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Message from Steven
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Sindi wrote:
>
> forcing me to use a mouse until I get xmodmap 
> and a map copied to the free space on disk 2, 

There's no need to copy xmodmap.  It's already
part of BL3.  See: /usr/X11R6/bin/xmodmap

> modules are too large for the free space

I think there's now more free space on the 
second floppy:  51kb.  Is that enough?
Otherwise you could unpack disk2.tgz, delete
the modules you don't need, add the modules
you want, repack it and copy it to disk 2.

> I see there is a video item on the menu which 
> lists other modes, but no obvious suggestion 
> that I noticed of how to set up with them.  
> Maybe I missed that.  (I know I can edit Xconfig, 
> but is that option listed in the jwm menu some 
> place?).  

Edit settings > Xvesa parameters

> Could I use the lucent and ethernet modules and 
> msmtp and xmodmap from a third floppy disk if I 
> have enough RAM?

You've got 1.3mb available on the current ramdisk.
If you need more, you can create an additional 
4mb ramdisk:
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mke2fs /dev/ram2 4096
mount -t ext2 /dev/ram2 /usr/local/bin
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In the above example, I mounted the ramdisk at 
/usr/local/bin so that it would be in the PATH, 
but you can mount it anywhere (/mnt /tmp /hd
or wherever you want).

> Next project is to set up to compile for libc5.

There are several messages in the archives about
doing this.  If you can't find them, let me know
and I go over it again.

Cheers,
Steven