gentlemen, I did get the (main part of) the Slackware 4.0 in the mean time.. It was indeed a gnu-utility called wget that did the job. No big surprise: it also runs in windows.. (well, there is a little thing called CygWin isn't there :-)
I want to thank those who offered iso images of Slackware versions in the 3.x range. I am currently running a Slackware 3.6 on the machines, and that works just fine, except for a few irritating things: - The parallel port <-> CDROM interface refuses to work. It crashes the system completely with 'Eeks: sched during <whatever>' messages in an infinite loop. The ParIDE contraption is reported to be a 'backport' from the 2.2 kernels so i'm not greatly surprised.. - The kernel of the thing (2.0.35) is too old to support my curiosity about Mosix (needs > 2.2 kernel) The computer is a Compaq Contura 400 laptop (i486/50) with 8Mbytes RAM, and ~800 Mbytes disk. As long as i keep far away from any very modern Linux distro (does not fit on the disk :-) and ban any X11 code (idem, plus X11 does not fit in the RAM), that is just fun to work with.. I hope that explains my very directed interest in the Slackware 4.0 distribution.. It's 2.2.6 kernel is modern enough to help me a little further, and the olden-days distribution is (hopefully) still small enough to fit on the above-mentioned computer. thanks for the support, Peter > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Purdie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: dinsdag 10 september 2002 17:08 > To: Multiple recipients of list CHIPDIR-L > Subject: OT: Slackware 4.0 > > > > Somewhat off-topic, but i'm currently looking for a way to get the > Slackware distribution > > version 4.0 . I know that that can be downloaded from > www.slackware.com, > but > > only in the form of a whole directory-tree of files. > Downloading that will > be quite a job > > (one file at a time..). Would any of you know an easier way > to get this > olden-days > > distribution? > > I don't know how much access to different operating system > you have but > there is a utility called "wget" under Linux that would > transfer multiple > files in one go for you. The same kind of programs are available under > Windows but I don't know their names... Anyone have any > recommendations for > an FTP program to transfer multiple files via a click and > drag interface > under Windows? > > Using the built in FTP program in windows there is also the > "mget" command > to get multiple files which may or may not help... > > Failing that, there must be some sites still selling > Slackware 4.0 disks... > > RP > > -- > Author: Richard Purdie > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 > San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB CHIPDIR-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > > -- Author: Faasse, P.R. INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB CHIPDIR-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
