Robert Steinmetz wrote: > > I have already installed the glib packages from Slackware 3.5.
Unfortunately, the packages in Slack35 are glibc 2.0. Apparently, there were significant changes between glibc 2.0 and glibc 2.1. > he thinks 2.0.39 should work The 2.0.39 kernel is great. It has several capabilities lacking in earlier 2.0 kernels. As you can see from my header, I run a 2.0.39 kernel. > but no Slackware version seems to have been based upon > that kernel If there were, BasicLinux would be based on that version (instead of 3.5). I have considered giving BasicLinux a 2.0.39 kernel, but then I would have to provide a full set of 2.0.39 modules. And then I have a problem with people who need a different kernel (eg. scsi). Sorry, compiling a whole set of 2.0.39 kernels and modules is just too much trouble and storing them would take too much space. > Have you considered a special version of BasicLinux for > old notebooks? I have an old notebook and BasicLinux works just fine on it. > very few old notebooks don't have built in networking Mine doesn't. Someday I may buy a network card for it, but at the moment it attaches to my TCP/IP via a laplink cable. > The kernel I built doing that is a little smaller than > the stock BasicLinux kernel, It should be smaller (and faster). BasicLinux uses a lowest-common-denominator kernel. It supports all sorts of CPUs, from 386sx no-copro upwards. Compiling a kernel specifically for your hardware should yield a significant improvement. Cheers, Steven 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
