iBCS stands for Intel Binary Compatibility Standard. It helps you run
programs written for other x86 Unixi on you Linux box. I think! Someone
correct me if I'm wrong.
Keith
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There's ease of use and then there's ease of usefulness.
Choose usefulness. Choose Linux.
On Wed, 8 Sep 1999, John Aldrich wrote:
> On Wed, 08 Sep 1999, you wrote:
>
> > I don't know what all the diiferent rpms are for besides the obvious ones.
> > What is the fb rpm for, what does it have to do with video cards? What are
> > the ibcs and boot ones for?
> >
> The fb rpm is the "frame buffer" rpm. My mistake, though,
> in telling you to install that. The ONLY ones you need for
> compiling are the source and header RPMs. Not sure what the
> IBCS RPM is, but the BOOT rpm is for the initial CD boot
> disk, etc.
> John
>
