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Message from Steven
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Teixeira wrote:
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> except for Links2, none of those addons can work.

The reason for this may be that your drive is full
and there is no room to run the programs.

> Cannot create directory '/mnt/cdrom': No space left on device

It appears that your drive is full.  Please 
execute the following from the command line: df

> "Memory leak by 50335745 bytes - No space left on device"

Bad things happen when you overflow your drive.

> A simple calculation says my memory is 48*1024*1024=50331648

Memory is irrelevant.  What matters is how much 
space is on the filesystem.   df will tell you.

> So I wonder if the loop is too small 

Oh... you are running from loop.  I see.  
The size of the loop is 20mb.  That is sufficient
to install one (1) medium-sized add-on or three 
small add-ons.  It is not sufficent to install 
Opera (or other big add-on).

> (or the packages are too big) 

If you wish to install many add-ons, you need
to put BL3 on an HD partition (fdisk, mke2fs).

> I wanted to get abiword and icewm. 

AbiWord will fit on the loop if it is the only
add-on.  It will not fit if you have already
installed other add-ons.

Why do you want icewm?  For most purposes jwm
(the wm in BL3) is just as good as icewm.

> Is it necessary the migration to BL2 (or
> upgrading the libraries)?

The BL3 add-on packages do not require upgraded
libraries.  Slackware 4.0 packages do not require 
upgraded libraries (although some Slackware 4.0
packages may be dependent on additional packages 
or libraries).

Cheers,
Steven