Steven C. Darnold wrote: >Robert Steinmetz wrote: > > >>I installed BasicLinux on one of them (486 25mhz /12mb RAM) >>and have it working pretty well with icewm. >>BasicLinux seems to require several modifications and >>additions to get it to compile. One example is the Configure >>script will not work with the included version of echo. >> >> > >The echo command in BasicLinux comes from BASH -- it is the >standard built-in. > > That's what I thought. It's also probably why the pcmcia Configure script does not work. I think it's looking for /bin/echo or /sbin/echo or possibly /usr/bin/echo. Do you know what Slackware35 package the standalone 'echo' command is in? I looked around and couldn't find it on the slackware sites.
>>After reading in this list about the slackware 8.1 for old >>computers, I'm wondering if that would be a better alternative. >> >> > >Slackware 8.1 will probably work better with your wireless card. > > It will have the orinoco_cs drivers built into the kernel, if it uses a standard 2.4 kernel. >>How much of a performance hit will there be? >> >> > >There is a definite hit. It will be quite noticeable on a >486-25. You definitely shouldn't use the 2.4 kernel from >slack81. It is a big drag on the system. The 2.2 kernel >from slack80 is better (in fact my installation routine uses >a slim 2.2 kernel by default). > I don't think the 2.2 kernel has the orinoco_cs drivers in the kernel and they may not be in a slim 2.4 kernel either. So, I would still need to compile the pcmcia package. In fact the Slackware81 pcmcia pkg doesn't even include it, probably because it's in the kernel. >>Would it be reasonable to run X on this hardware? >> >> > >On your hardware, BasicLinux is able to run X. It's not >lightning fast, but it's usable. I have not tried running >X from Slack81 on your level of hardware; however, I'm pretty >sure it would be very, very sluggish. > Based on that, I think I'll continue to try to get the pcmcia package to compile. I don't really like the idea of drivers being built into the kernel anyway. Seems like it's too much like Windows, constantly growing bigger and slower. I'd much rather try to keep it slim and focused, adding only what I need. If I get it to work I'll make it available to BasicLinux users somehow. >Cheers, >Steven > Thanks for the help. BTW I was able to get an old 3com combo modem/10baseT card to work with the Slackware35 pcmcia pkg. Once I figured out how to set the network parameters it worked right away. That encourages me that the wireless cards will work as well, if I can get the latest version of the pcmcia drivers to compile against BasicLinux. -- Rob Steinmetz 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
