Robert Steinmetz wrote: > > > Slackware 3.5 has a handy contents directory. It took > > only about 10 seconds to grep echo. > > Is this included in BasicLinux?
No. BasicLinux is really just two packages: baslin17.zip and bas2hd.zip. The total installed size is just 5mb. Everything else comes directly from Slackware 3.5. BTW, I have just uploaded a new bas2hd package. It adds some new commands and eliminates most of the fish-hooks I know about. (but not your echo problem :-) > If not can you download only the contents directory? There are lots of files in that directory. You'll be doin' a lot clickin' (unless your browser has a "download everything" option). Instead, I recommend you run an ftp client (the one in BasicLinux is a good one) and use mget. > On another issue, I read that BasicLinux has smbfs support > compiled in, The BasicLinux kernel is compatible with smbfs; but, before you can use smbfs, you need to get the smbfs.o module. You will find it in /modules/2.0.34/fs (in Slackware 3.5). Put the module in /lib/modules/2.0.34/misc (in BasicLinux). Then do the following to install the modules. ------------ insmod smbfs ------------ BTW, you can find out the capabilities of the BasicLinux kernel by examining /kernels/bare.i/config. For example, you will find this line: --------------- CONFIG_SMB_FS=m --------------- The "m" means a module is required. A "y" means the capability is built into the kernel (no module is required). A "n" means the kernel has no capability (the module will not work). > is the full samba package necessary to mount a remote Windows > file system on BasicLinux, or is the included BasicLinux > networking sufficient? I really don't know the answer to this one. I have no access to Windows machines, so I have never tried this. I seem to recall something about the possibility of using smbclient without all the other samba stuff, but I don't know. I suggest you address this question to linux-newbie (or other Linux forum). There are lots of Linux people with samba experience. Cheers, Steven ______________________________ http://www.volny.cz/basiclinux 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
