Hello there, First off, the new 2.2 kernel version is excellent :^) Stumbled upon it today, great leapforward since the 2.0 days; it even works with a module for my lt softmodem :D
I was thinking about the entire 'what to fit on the floppy' debate, and decided to quickly implement a micro-package format & produce a few '.tom' packages to add to tomsrtbt on the fly over the net. It is all controlled by 'expandtom' a <1Kb shell script - which is admittedly nothing more than a big dirty hack. Basically, its called with: expandtom URL where URL is of form http:// or ftp:// or file:// ; if no 'stem' of URL is specified, it is taken as a file from http://fastconnection.freeserve.co.uk/rb/toms/ which is where all the .toms I create myself will reside The '.tom' package file :^) is simply a .tgz archieve created with /usr/ as its base (i.e. contains subdirectories /bin & /lib & so on) This is exploded into /tmp/local; which is symlinked from /usr/local - $PATH is updated as well... Currently created .tom's: e3.tom (but of course :o) thttpd.tom (useful as a file server) spect.tom (vga spectrum emulator, libs & a couple of games) infocom.tom (dumb-frotz z-code interpretor, plus a couple of games) links.tom (links - superior frame-enabled web browser) cdtool.tom (cdtool, controls audio aspects of cd drive) mp3rip.tom (old version of lame, as well as cdda2wav & quick ripper script I wrote as a front end) Almost all the binaries for these were stolen from the excellent (in different ways) mulinux ( http://sunsite.dk/mulinux ) JarvistFrost ~;) -- Courdoroy pillows- They're making headlines!
