On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 08:34:03AM +0000, Steven C. Darnold wrote: > > To followup on this a bit. While further additions to my > > Slack 8.1 BasicLinux installation are proceeding nicely > > (ssh, exim, still a problem with nfs, > > I have to do the following to mount nfs: > ------------------------------- > insmod lockd > insmod sunrpc > rpc.portmap > mount -t nfs 192.168.1.1:/ /mnt > -------------------------------- > However, I am using a very slim 2.4 kernel (which I > compiled myself). With the bare.i kernel, you probably > won't need the insmods.
I now have it half-working (without insmodes). I can use Slack (or DOS - soss) as server and do a nfs mount from my Debian box, but I can't mount the Debian box from Slack - "Portmapper failure RPC: unable to receive". The problem is probably on the Debian side. I'll have to play around with it. It's not critical. > Debian is a good distro. Last time I looked, it was CLI > orientated (rather than going straight to a GUI install). > This is essential for installations on old PCs. Still text-based. > Some distros, like Debian and (I think) Mandrake), try > to accommodate old PCs. However, the way their packages > (and dependencies) are structured makes them bigger than > Slackware. I spent a long time with Debian, trying to > get the smallest possible installation from its packages. > The best I could do was still 10mb larger than Slackware. >From my research on "mini" distributions. most of them seem to be Slackware based. However, I have been using Debian for a few years and have the CD's for several versions, including 3.0 (Woody). I could probably do the CD installation with my eyes closed. This is why I thought it might be nice to see if I could install it on a survpc. After trying out BasicLinux (1.6 and 1.7), I got a hold of the Slackware 3.5 CD's (2), which I also found that I could use with Smalllinux kernel 1.0.9. I never tried a complete install from CD. Now, having tried BasicLinux with Slackware 8.1, I'll probably get the new Slackware CD's (2 I think). I can use the packages with BL and also try a full install from CD to my P1. > > I compiled links with svgalib on my main box, and was > > quite impressed. That might be something that can be > > added to BL. > > I tried it a few months ago and it ran terribly slow, > slower than Netscape. That was a surprise. I expected > a SVGAlib browser to run faster than an X browser. > Perhaps they have speeded it up since I last tried it. > Did it seem slow to you? Well, I don't use it in graphics mode all that much (I think I prefer browsing the Web in text-mode), but it seems fast enough on my P1. It sure loads faster than Mozilla. :-) When I get my BL Slack 8.1 up to scratch, I can try compiling it. I was not planning to install X at all on my 8 meg test box (I hardly ever use it even on my Pentium), so I thought it might be useful to try the svgalib stuff. Howard E. To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
