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> Sindi Keesan
>
> wrote
>
> > I copied BL2 shutdown command but when I try to run it:
> > 'You don't exist.  Go away.'
>
> BL3 survives being turned off in the middle of things but wastes time
> on the next boot.

Busybox has had a shutdown command since 2001.  You can substitute it for 
reboot in inittab.  BL3 busybox has not shutdown but poweroff, which 
worked.

::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/poweroff

It shuts things down and says you can u can power off or reset.  Power 
button and reboot both worked afterwards.

Summary of changes to make a dedicated dialup email machine using elinks.

inittab - remove -sc startx from tty1 line (boot to console)
and change reboot to poweroff.  Ctrl-Alt-Del now shuts down (just hit the 
power button afterwards).

rc - insmod slhc
     insmod ppp_generic
     insmod ppp_async (both are needed by kernel 2.4 pppd)
     /usr/bin/ppp-on (or eznet up 0 etc.)
     /usr/local/bin/elinks tiny.fastmail.fm

Upgrade glibc to 2.2.25 (my operalib.tgz package should work) and install 
my compiled elinks (the only text browser I have working so far with 
persistent cookies).  Use a 2.4 kernel and the above modules (bzimagla.431 
is read/only but for beginners who don't want to download email that might 
be okay - otherwise try bzimlafb.431 which also does framebuffer). 
elinks displays blank with 2.2 kernel.

Set up a fastmail.fm account with the 'new' interface (default) and choose 
something legible such as silver or green-mono.  Google will also work 
because elinks does SSL but it takes 2-3 times as long to load.

Boot with lilo to BL3.5 (have not done this yet).

To read mail - turn on computer and modem, wait a minute or so while BL 
loads, logs in, dials, loads elinks and accesses fastmail. When done, 
Ctrl-Alt-Del, wait 5 sec, turn off computer.

This assumes an external modem (and a non-noisy phone line for older 
models) on com1 or com2.  A pcmcia modem requires more steps.  Have not 
tried /etc/pcmcia/config in rc.

Which leaves the problem of learning to use webmail.