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On Sun, 20 Dec 2009, baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:

> I was able to download a 100 mb file in 30 seconds - which makes it
> 3,3 mb/s =) The reason why I'm using it is mostly because I want to
> set the box up as a server with router functionality, and for that I
> need 2 NICs - and I had this one laying around.

I get about 8MB an hour at home.  Up to 300K/sec at the library
using a laptop with at least 12MB RAM.

> Speaking of which, I've ran into another problem, and I have no idea
> how to solve it - when I try to run configure on some source I've
> downloaded, it almost always says "checking for grep that handles long
> lines and -e... configure: error: no acceptable grep could be found in
> /usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/bin:.:/usr/xpg4/bin"
>
> Grep works perfectly as far as I can tell - still, I tried downloading
> GREP from http://www.linux.org/apps/AppId_2609.html, and it gives me
> the same error. I can't find anything about it on google. Could it
> have something to do with the kernel upgrade?

You must have got a version precompiled for a different libc.
You will save time and trouble by using the Slackware 4 versions.

Sindi