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"This time there was only one copy of the mail, no html or unicode."

It must have taken a while to update my prefrences or something, I don't know.

"I don't yet know how to patch kernel source - do you?
I think 'patch' appends the corrections to a file somehow."

I have patched other code in the past, I guess it's the same for kernel 
source. If it is the same its just one or two commands, but I can't remember 
what they are. I don't know much about linux, I thought patching was a 
standard part of compiling. Now you have worried me!


"Do you have a parallel port transfer cable?  Parallel port zip drive? Both 
work in DOS with under 640K memory.

A nullmodem cable would let you use the laptop as a real terminal
to run programs on some other computer with serial port."

If I need to I have the bits to make a parrallel or serial transfer cable, 
but don't really want to spend the time doing it. I also have an adaptor to 
plug the laptop drive into my desktop machine. Again, I would prefer not to.

In windows networking is possible over null modem, I would guess it can be 
done in linux too.


"> I have been attempting to compile on one of my faster machines then 
transfer the compiled kernel to the laptop with a floppy disk. I mentioned 
slackware earlier, but have been using a ubuntu virtual machine, as from what 
I have read that should work too.

So what happened when you tried?"

It failed due to issues compiling a 2.4 kernel from a 2.6 kernel. I tried 
again under slackware 11, and the kernel is running now on the laptop. It 
seems to work, but the X crash is still here as I didn't apply the patch yet. 
I wanted to learn how to compile a kernel without patches first. Also.... 
FIRST EVER SUCSESSFUL KERNEL COMPILE, WOO HOO!!


"Does it have a PCMCIA slot to which you could add CF memory card (in a CF 
adaptor)?"
Yes, but I want to fix this problem before I start mucking arround with 
pcmcia.


"Does svgalib cause the same problems as X?  BL1 came with a jpegviewer based 
on svgalib, and I compiled libvga for kernel 2.4."
I don't know. Haven't tried it.