"Steven C. Darnold" wrote: > Robert Steinmetz wrote: > > > > I have attempted to compile the PCMCIA-CS package and am > > getting a lot of warnings and eventually failure. To resolve > > some of these I had to; > > Add gawk and link it to awk > > Remove the chmod link from busybox and install the chmod binary. > > I suspect that these modifications would be necessary to compile > > any complex package. > > It depends on the package. As a test, I compiled mc from > source on bare BasicLinux (plus the specified GCC packages) > and it worked fine.
Every package I tried to compile failed because of the chmod problem. These were the Wireless Tools, and PCMCIA-CS. Possible something is wrong with my setup. > > I suggest that these changes be added to the next version > > of the hard drive install > > I am reluctant to increase the size of the install-to-HD > package. Currently there is room on the two-floppy version > of BasicLinux for bas2hd.tgz, go, fips.exe, fdisk.exe and > format.com. This enables me to carry a complete installation > kit on just two floppies. > That makes a lot of sense. I never thought doing a two floppy install. > A couple of weeks ago, I actually created an install-to-HD > package that included awk. However, it made the package too > big to fit into the available space on the floppy. In the > end I decided it was more important to keep the package small. I really like BasicLinux > > > The additional binaries are not large > > Gawk is more than 150kb. In the context of BasicLinux, this > is large. Only bash and links are larger. For binaries of > that size I must decide whether they are worth the space. > Most users will use bash and links. Few will use awk. > Nevertheless, I have provided awk as an add-on package at > the BasicLinux site. I agree with that, gawk is not necessary for most uses. > > and would fit on almost any imaginable hard drive. > > The current BasicLinux HD installation is only around 5mb. > Even if it were double the size, it could fit on almost any > imaginable HD. However, BasicLinux is not meant to be > complete -- it is just a foundation upon which different > users can add different things. I am trying to leave the > user's HD as empty as possible so that he has the maximum > space to do whatever he wants. What annoys me about modern > distributions is they use a hundred megabytes for a base > system (most of which is unnecessary). Most of my HDs are > 120mb and 170mb (I even have an 80mb). BasicLinux gives > me room on those HD for a DOS partition, a swap partition > and a Linux partition with X and Netscape. Try that with > any other distribution. > I wasn't thinking of putting it on a floppy, When I installed it I copied it to my DOS partition, and installed it from there. > > Cheers, > Steven > I was able to ultimately get an older version of PCMCIA-CS to compile, but more recent versions still fail. I was able to get an orinoco based wireless card to work but with limited functionality (no encryption). More current versions of PCMCIA-CS don't compile. I also needed to rebuild the kernel to enable wireless networking extensions (CONFIG_NET_RADIO enabled). If I can fix the compile on newer versions, I'm now pretty sure it will work. -- 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
