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On Tue, 14 Feb 2012, Mouse wrote:

> Greetings all,
>
> Thanks for BasicLinux, it runs very well on my 16mb 120mhz Libretto
> 70. A few questions, please.
>
> One - Where is the 'wireless-tools' package? iwconfig, iwlist, etc. I
> see only one reference to the software, packaged as "wireless.tgz" and
> at http://www.basiclinux.com.ru/add-ons/wireless.tgz but the link is
> 404'ed and even web.archive.org doesn't have it archived.
>
> Two - is there a development environment for BasicLinux? I am well
> versed enough to find my own sources and compile 2.2.26, libc5, gcc et
> al, but I'd really prefer not to, as someone's obviously done that
> already. If it's lost to time, however, I'll be forced to do it (and
> contribute it back). I must make this machine useful! It's too cute
> not to! But it's like a corded elephant, if I can't get wireless
> working.
>
> Thanks! :)
> -mouse