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-
- > BasicLinux does not work on my system. It starts to boot and then
- > crashes.
-
- BasicLinux needs two things to boot: DOS and 8mb RAM. Make sure that
- you are running in pure DOS. Make sure that you have at least 8mb RAM
- and that *all* of your RAM is good.
-
- It is not uncommon for old PCs to have faulty or mismatched RAM modules.
- Just because DOS is OK does not mean the RAM is OK (sometimes DOS is able
- to run with bad RAM modules). Linux is *very* intolerant of bad RAM. If
- you have problems with Linux crashing, you should run a thorough RAM test.
- The automatic power-on RAM test is not thorough -- do not trust it. You
- need a proper RAM tester, like the the one at:
- -------------------------
- http://www.memtest86.com/
- -------------------------
- Something else that might crash Linux is an overclocked CPU or an aggressive
- CMOS setting. Sometimes people try to speed up their systems by pushing the
- hardware to the limit. If this has been overdone, Linux may crash (even
- though DOS does not).
-
- @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
-
- > Can I use add-ons from BasicLinux 1.8 in BasicLinux 2.0?
-
- No. BasicLinux 2.0 uses a completely different set of libraries.
- BasicLinux 1.8 used very old libraries (libc5) and all its add-ons
- were compiled for those libraries. BasicLinux 2.0 uses glibc 2.1.
-
- @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
-
- > I have a 486sx and would really like to run BasicLinux 2.0. Is
- > there any way to do this?
-
- Yes, but you will need to get a new kernel from Slackware 7.1. The
- BasicLinux kernel is called "zimage" and you will find it on your DOS
- partition (where you boot BasicLinux). Replace it with an appropriate
- Slackware kernel.
-
- If you have 8mb RAM, you should use the low-mem kernel from Slackware 7.1.
- You will find it in the /kernels/lowmem.i directory. It is called zimage
- (same as the BasicLinux kernel). Simply copy it over the old zimage and
- boot BasicLinux.
-
- The low-mem zimage is not a very good kernel. In order to make it small,
- Slackware left out several features. In particular, it is unable to do
- networking. However, there is no choice -- the low-mem zimage is the only
- kernel that can run the BasicLinux ramdisk on a 486sx with 8mb RAM.
-
- If you have more than 8mb RAM, you should use a more capable kernel. The
- standard Slackware IDE kernel is probably best. You will find it in the
- /kernels/bare.i directory. It is a bzimage. Copy it to the DOS directory
- where you boot BasicLinux. Since the BasicLinux boot routine is expecting
- a zimage, you will need to edit BOOT.BAT (with a DOS editor) and change
- zimage to bzimage.
-
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-
- > Central European phone lines do not have a dial tone.
- > So we need to use ATX3DT instead of ATDT. Can this
- > be implemented in pppsetup?
-
- Yes. Add the following line to the main config file:
- ------------
- 0 init1 ATX3
- ------------
- This works for any modem init string (like ATM0L0 to turn off
- the modem speaker).
-
- @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
-
- > What are the Linux names for my drives?
-
- The following will print the details of your HD partitions:
- --------
- fdisk -l
- --------
-
- > I have a drive C:
-
- Your C: drive is probably the first partition on /dev/hda.
- The Linux name for that partition is /dev/hda1
-
- > and a CDrom drive (D:)
-
- Probaby /dev/hdb (no number because CDroms aren't partitioned).
-
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-
- > When I use "pr", it says it doesn't recognize that command.
-
- BasicLinux does not include a print daemon (although one can be added
- from Slackware 7.1). BasicLinux prints text by sending it directly to
- the printer port. That is what wp does.
-
- > How do I print a file?
-
- The simpest way is to copy the file to /tmp/document (the name of the
- current wp document). Then run wp and print the document.
-
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-
- > With the word processor in Basiclinux, how to save those
- > files as .txt, and then put them onto a floppy?
-
- When you have finished editing the document, exit the wordprocessor
- and do this:
- --------------------------
- cd /tmp # goes to where document is stored
- ren document newname.txt # renames document
- mount /dev/fd0 /mnt # put floppy in drive first!
- copy newname.txt /mnt # copies file from HD to FD
- umount /mnt # do this BEFORE removing floppy
- --------------------------
-
- @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
-
- > in the /etc directory there seemed to be a bunch of
- > configuration files. Are there specs somewhere which can
- > tell my what, how and why I would want to change in these?
-
- Here are a few to get you started:
- --------------------------------------------------------------
- rc system startup file (for ramdrive BasicLinux)
- rc.d system startup files (for HD version)
- profile shell startup file
- fstab table of filesystems automatically mounted at startup
- passwd user data for login
- issue text that gets printed on screen at login
- --------------------------------------------------------------
-
- @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
-
- > DOS took me only a short time to get on to, the Linux CLI has
- > been much more difficult, the command line seems longwinded and
- > roundabout to do even simple things compared to DOS
-
- The Linux CLI is more difficult to master because it has so
- many different options and so many ways of doing things.
- However, for simple stuff, it parallels DOS pretty well.
-
- DOS Linux
- ----------------------------------------------------
- cd \tmp cd /tmp
- cd .. cd ..
- copy xxxx \tmp cp xxxx /tmp
- move xxxx \tmp mv xxxx /tmp
- del xxxx rm xxxx
- deltree xxxx rm -r xxxx
- mkdir xxxx mkdir xxxx
- rmdir xxxx rmdir xxxx
- dir /w ls
- dir ls -l
- dir | more ls -l | more
- xxxx (to execute xxxx) xxxx
- type xxxx cat xxxx
- CTRL-C CTRL-C
- ------------------------------------------------------
-
- > I've also found it difficult to find a book or information that
- > I can understand,
-
- Have you looked in your public/university library? When I started
- out, I found several beginners books on Linux in my public library.
- I got them all out and read the first few chapters of each. I
- found that I usually got lost around chapter three, and it really
- helped to stop reading that book and start again with a new one.
-
- > BasicLinux so far being my best teacher.
-
- BasicLinux was designed to be a smaller, simpler Linux that could
- be used and (eventually) understood by new users (particularly
- users with some DOS experience). A lot of stuff has been left
- out; however, I tried to keep all the core tools and functionality.
- Most of the lessons in the beginners books can be practiced in
- BasicLinux.
-
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-
- > Was wondering if there was a way to see again all that
- > info at bootup?
-
- Enter the following:
- ------------
- dmesg | more
- ------------
- The only reason 'more' is there is to stop it scrolling off
- the screen.
-
- @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
-
- > Is it possible to increase the size of the BasicLinux ramdisk?
-
- The size of the ramdisk is fixed at 4mb. However, if you have 16mb RAM
- or more, BasicLinux automatically gives you a second 4mb ramdisk (mounted
- at /tmp). This additional space is only available in the /tmp directory
- (and any subdirectories below it). To see the space available on your
- system, do 'df'
-
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-
- > I boot BasicLinux on my "D:" drive in a "blinux" directory.
- > How can I mount this drive from BasicLinux? I tried
- > "mount /dev/hda1 /hd" changing various parameters (like hda2)
- > for the d: drive, but it didn't work.
-
- You are on the right track, but first we need to figure out exactly where
- the D: drive is (physically) located. /dev/hda is the primary master IDE
- drive. C: is usually the first partition of this drive (/dev/hda1). If D:
- is on the same HD as C:, it will also start with /dev/hda. However, if D:
- is on a different HD, it will start with something else. For example, if D:
- is on the primary slave HD, its Linux name will start with /dev/hdb.
-
- The simplest way to figure this out is to boot BasicLinux and do this:
- --------
- fdisk -l
- --------
- This will show you all occupied partitions. /dev/hda1 is probably C:.
- Can you figure out which one is D: ? For example, if it appears that
- D: is /dev/hda5, mount that and have a look:
- --------------------
- mount /dev/hda5 /hd
- dir /hd
- --------------------
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-
- > I am trying to install BasicLinux to HD. I downloaded the listed
- > packages from a Slackware 7.1 mirror. The installation routine
- > finds all the packages but it does not install them. Instead I
- > get error messages. What's wrong?
-
- The packages might have been altered when you downloaded them. Perhaps
- they were truncated or perhaps the server downloaded in ascii (rather
- than binary) or perhaps your client automatically decompressed them.
- Check the sizes of the the packages. They should be as follows:
- ----------------------
- a2/bin 1,029,260
- a2/e2fsprog 261,848
- a3/gzip 52,484
- a4/fileutls 414,358
- a6/grep 202,451
- a6/hdsetup 141,626
- a6/ldso 199,847
- a13/tar 302,427
- ---------------------
-
- If the sizes are correct, use md5sum (in BasicLinux) to check the
- integrity of the files. You should get:
- ----------------------------------------------
- 0efec464fd245ff472b293932ec97e87 bin.tgz
- 45c5f6c74b69a5df602f23a6f5b92c4d e2fsprog.tgz
- fff2175e6b3e2751ff34f43872cb785d gzip.tgz
- e7dd3fa72e5a01d4d3955996cd328db2 fileutls.tgz
- 56a7c6b1d54181032fd3a97f0970bc7e grep.tgz
- a6cff493e87d77e1ee1da038af3975b4 hdsetup.tgz
- f4a08daddf4d68c3613e6d1e19884922 ldso.tgz
- f157a0726914dddab346a22b455ccd68 tar.tgz
- ----------------------------------------------
-
- (Thanks to Krzysztof for providing this information.)
-
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-
- > I don't want to re-partition my HD. Is there a UMSDOS version of
- > BasicLinux?
-
- Is is not difficult to make a UMSDOS version. However, I do not recommend
- it. UMSDOS has many disadvantages. In particular, it is significantly
- slower. For example, I made a UMSDOS version of BasicLinux 1.7 and put
- it on drive C:. On the second partition of the same drive, I did a
- standard HD installation of BasicLinux 1.7. The UMSDOS version took 43
- seconds to run a test program. The standard version took 28 seconds to
- run the same program.
-
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-
- > I can't login to BasicLinux from another computer.
-
- BasicLinux includes several network clients, but no servers.
- Only servers can accept logins from other systems.
-
- > When i try to telnet my BasicLinux system, it says
- > something like "could not connect"
-
- BasicLinux has a telnet client, so you are able to telnet *to* other
- systems (as long as they are running telnet servers). However, without
- a telnet server, BasicLinux cannot accept telnet logins *from* other
- systems.
-
- The solution to your problem is to install the server package from
- Slackware 7.1
-
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-
- > I don't seem to have the "pkg" command.
-
- The pkg command was used in BasicLinux 1 to install Slackware packages.
- BasicLinux 2 does not use this method. Instead, it uses the standard
- package manager from Slackware 7.1 (which is installed automatically
- when you put BasicLinux on its own HD partition). With the Slackware
- package manager, you can install individual packages using "installpkg"
- (which acts like the old BasicLinux "pkg") or you can run "pkgtool" for
- a menu-driven routine that installs/displays/removes packages.
-
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-
- > I am using BasicLinux on an IBM Thinkpad 360CS. Everything
- > seems to be working OK except for the floppy disk.
-
- Most Thinkpads have an "inverted floppy drive change line"
- (why IBM did it this way, I don't know). To fix it, add:
- ---------------
- floppy=thinkpad
- ---------------
- to the loadlin line in boot.bat (in your DOS directory)
-
- @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
-
- > My computer has a network card. How do I connect BasicLinux
- > to the network.
-
- Step 1 - install the driver for the network card
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- First, you need the appropriate module (driver). The most common type
- of network card is ne2000 and its module (ne) has been included in
- BasicLinux. There are also modules for ne2k-pci, wd, smc-ultra, tlan,
- 3c509, 3c59x, ewrk3 and eepro100 network cards. If you have a different
- type of network card, you will need to download the appropriate module
- from the /modules directory of Slackware 7.1.
-
- Once you have the module, you use the 'insmod' command to install
- it. For example, with an ne2000 card at address 0x320, you use
- these two insmod commands:
- ----------------------
- insmod 8390
- insmod ne io=0x320
- ----------------------
- The 8390 is a helper module used by ne, ne2k-pci, wd and smc-ultra.
- If you insmod ne without 8390, it will complain.
-
- Step 2 - initialize the network connection
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- --------------------------
- ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.17
- --------------------------
- This assumes 192.168.1.17 is the network address of this computer.
-
- Step 3 (optional) - define the default route
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- --------------------------------
- route add default gw 192.168.1.1
- --------------------------------
- This assumes that 192.168.1.1 is your gateway to the internet (or other
- external network). Any address not in the 192.168.1.x range will be sent
- to the default gateway.
-
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-
- > I set up a 32mb swap partition on /dev/hda2. Do I have to format
- > it or what?
-
- ----------------
- mkswap /dev/hda2 # this formats the swap partition
- swapon /dev/hda2 # this turns it on
- ----------------
- You can check that swap is working by doing 'free'. Your 32mb should
- be listed on the Swap line.
-
- If you are running BasicLinux on its own HD partition, you can list
- the swap partition in /etc/fstab:
- ------------------------------------------------
- /dev/hda2 swap swap defaults 0 0
- ------------------------------------------------
- Then, swap will be turned on automatically at system startup and you
- will never have to do the swapon command again.
-
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-
- > When I type "mount -t iso9660 -o ro /dev/optcd0 /h"
- > it says ...
- > mount: the kernel does not recognize /dev/optcd0
-
- What kind of CDrom drive do you have? Most are ATAPI and simply plug
- into an IDE cable. Try this:
- ---------------
- dmesg | grep hd
- ---------------
- Does one of the lines show an ATAPI CDrom drive?
-
- On my system, I get this:
- -----------------------------------
- hdc: WPI CDS-32X, ATAPI CDROM drive
- -----------------------------------
-
- To mount my CDrom drive, I do this:
- ------------------------------
- mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdc /mnt
- ------------------------------
-
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-
- > If I mount a partition on the HD, say hdc1, while running
- > BasicLinux out of hdc5 partition, can I then store files on
- > hdc1 partition up to the capacity of the partition?
-
- Yes. The 'df' command will show you how much space is available
- on each partition.
-
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-
- > Why is it that when I do 'ppp-on' I sometimes get:
- > "Sorry, PPP is not supported in this kernel"
-
- That's the message you get when the ppp module has not
- been activated.
-
- > and then I did pppsetup, but only selected #4 (exit),
- > but then ppp-on worked.
-
- Because pppsetup automatically activates the ppp module for you.
-
- > Am I doing something wrong or is it some problem with BL?
-
- The ppp module can be activated automatically by putting it in
- the startup script. Edit /etc/rc.d/rc.S and remove the # sign
- from last two lines:
- -------------
- # insmod slhc
- # insmod ppp
- -------------
- If there are any other modules that you want activated at
- startup, you can add them there.
-
- @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
-
- > Can I use packages from other Slackware distributions?
-
- Most of the packages in 7.0, 8.0 and 8.1 will work.
- The earlier Slackwares will not work.
-
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-
- > I'm trying to get 1024x768x65536 at an 85Hz vertical
- > refresh rate. The graphics card I'm using is an ATI 3D
- > Rage Pro. What Xserver do I use with this card?
-
- Here are the Xservers available in Slackware 7.1:
- -------------------------------------------------------------
- xvg16 generic 16-color VGA
- x8514 IBM8514
- x3dl GLINT 500TX, GLINT MX, Permedia, Permedia 2
- xagx AGX-016, AGX-015, AGX-014, XGA-2
- xi128 Number Nine Imagine 128
- xma32 Mach32
- xma64 Rage: 3D, II, IIC, II+DVD, Pro, LT Pro
- xma8 Mach8
- xmono mono VGA, Hercules mono, HGC1280
- xp9k Diamond Viper, Orchid P9000, STAR 2000
- xs3 Trio32, Trio64*, Aurora64V+, and most other S3 cards
- xs3v ViRGE, ViRGE/DX, ViRGE/GX, ViRGE/VX
- xw32 w32, w32i, w32p, et6000
- xsvga Trident, Cirrus, and other SVGA cards not listed above
- ---------------------------------------------------------------
-
- So, it looks like you need the xma64 Xserver.
- You will find it in /slakware/x1/
- --------------------
- installpkg xma64.tgz
- --------------------
- You must use the installpkg command (or the pkgtool menu) to install
- it. Otherwise it will not be initialized.
-
- > How do I set up the resolution, color modes and refresh rate?
-
- Execute xf86config.
-
- Configuring a hi-res Xserver is complicated. You can easily make
- a mistake. If startx produces a sick screen, press CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE
- and run xf86config again to correct the mistake.
-
- @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
-
- > How can I add support for foreign languages to BasicLinux?
-
- Adding support for foreign language can be divided into:
-
- 1. changing font and keyboard layout to proper one.
- 2. setting linux to show messages in proper language.
- 3. adding support for other programs like mc.
- 4. adding manpages in required language
-
- As for Console:
- ===============
- 1. changing font and keyboard layout to proper one.
-
- Check and put if required your font into
- /usr/lib/kbd/consolefonts (BL1)
- /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts (BL2)
-
- and keyboard
- /usr/lib/kbd/keymaps (BL1)
- /usr/share/kbd/keymaps (BL2)
-
- Now tell linux to use required font and keyboard map:
- (suppose we want to do Polish for BL1)
- ----------------------------------------------
- setfont /usr/lib/kbd/consolefonts/iso02grf.psf
- loadkeys /usr/lib/kbd/keymaps/pl02.map
- ----------------------------------------------
-
- I think in BL2 you might have to use 'consolechars"
- instead of 'setfont'
-
- Test if it works: try `pico`
- QUESTION: "It works in pico but not under pure command line!"
- ANSWER: Put in ~/.inputrc the following:
- --------------------
- set meta-flag on
- set convert-meta off
- set output-meta on
- set input-meta on
- ---------------------
-
- 2. setting linux to show messages in proper language.
-
- For example, to do Polish, edit /etc/profile (or: ~/.profile)
- and put # before `export LC_ALL=POSIX` and add below:
- ------------------------
- export LANG=pl
- export LC_ALL=pl_PL
- export LESSCHARSET=latin1
- -------------------------
-
- 3. adding support for other programs like mc.
-
- In mc set in Options -> Display Bits -> ISO 8859-1 and
- Full 8 bits input, and Full 8 bits output.
-
-
- 4. adding manpages in required language
-
- If you have manpages in your language (from SLackware),
- you are lucky. If not, you have to download it from somewhere
- (look for "localized man pages" on WWW in your country).
-
- Structure of downloaded file is something like:
- \usr\man\pl_PL\man1
- \usr\man\pl_PL\man2
- ...
-
- Now you have to config man (/etc/man.config or /usr/lib/man.conf)
-
- Check if `-T` in
-
- NROFF /usr/bin/groff -S -Tascii -mandoc
-
- is set properly.
-
- For example for Polish I have to change it to:
-
- NROFF /usr/bin/groff -S -Tlatin1 -mandoc
-
- You may want hyphenation patterns for your language.
- The simplest way is just to take them from TeX. :)
- Copy /usr/lib/texmf/tex/generic/hyphen/plhyph.tex
- to /usr/share/groff/tmac/hyphen.pl
-
- Now set macros in /usr/share/groff/tmac/troffrc
- Change the following lines:
-
- .\" Set the hyphenation language to `us'.
- .do hla us
- .\" Load hyphenation patterns from `hyphen.us' (in tmac directory).
- .do hpf hyphen.us
-
- to:
-
- .\" Set the hyphenation language to `pl'.
- .do hla pl
- .\" Load hyphenation patterns from `hyphen.pl' (in tmac directory).
- .do hpf hyphen.pl
-
-
- Now back to /etc/profile and change:
-
- export MANPATH=/usr/local/man:/usr/man:/usr/X11R6/man
-
- to:
-
- export MANPATH=/usr/man/pl_Pl:/usr/local/man:/usr/man:/usr/X11R6/man
-
- Then re-login for the changes to take effect.
-
- (Thanks to Chris for providing this information.)
-
- @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
-
- > I would like to install a better mail reader, but my PC is
- > too old to run X. Is there a good mail reader for the CLI?
-
- I suggest you try Pine. The package is in /slakware/n8
-
- To set up Pine 4.21 as a pop/IMAP "checker," i.e., as a utility
- for manipulating messages on the server (e.g., viewing and deleting
- them there), the simplest way is to select "s" (setup), then "c"
- (configure) from the main menu. At the "inbox-path" entry add
- the following (note the curly brackets!):
- -----------------------------------------------------
- {your.pop-orimapserver.addy/user=youruname/pop3}INBOX
- -----------------------------------------------------
- If the server is IMAP, put "IMAP" in place of "pop3" in the example
- entry. Save the configuration (exiting will prompt you to save your
- changes). When you start Pine, or when you navigate to the INBOX
- while Pine is running, you will be prompted for your password. Pine
- then downloads a list of messages on the server and lets you view or
- delete them, respond to or save them locally (one at a time in this
- scheme). The password is saved as long as Pine remains open, so it
- will only need to be entered again if you close and then restart the
- program.
-
- If you have several pop/IMAP accounts, the best way to set up Pine
- will be to enable incoming folders (i.e., by adding a check mark to
- the appropriate entry in the configuration menu). You can then create
- local folders that point to each pop/IMAP account. They open similarly
- to the INBOX entry discussed above: navigate to the folder in question
- and press enter. This setup is, of course, a bit more complex, but
- there is plenty of material available on the web for configuring Pine
- to do this. The incoming folder entries follow the same format as the
- example given for inbox-path above.
-
- If you want Pine to act as a sort of pseudo-MRA (mail retrieval agent),
- do the following. These directions assume that you have Pine set up
- with the inbox-path pointing to your pop3 server. At the main menu
- press "s" (setup) then "c" (configuration). Scroll down to the entry
- "enable-aggregate-command-set" and place a check mark at that entry.
- Save the configuration. When Pine has loaded and displayed a list of
- all your messages on the server press the ";" key (semicolon), then
- the "a" key (for select all), then the "a" key again (for apply), and
- finally the "s" key (for save). Pine will then ask to which local
- folder you want to save the messages listed (default is the "saved-
- messages" folder). Hit enter to save them there. Pine automatically
- marks the messages for deletion from the server. Hit "x" to delete
- them right away, or when you quit Pine, it will confirm if you want
- to delete the messages (if this bothers you, the confirmation can be
- disabled under configuration).
-
- Go to www.ii.com/internet/messaging/pine/ for plenty of further
- information on configuring Pine.
-
- (Thanks to James for providing this information.)
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- > Can I use a wlan card (lucent) on BasicLinux?
-
- I think so. However, I do not have access to such hardware and I do not
- have experience with wireless networking.
-
- > and how?
-
- First, you need to familiarize yourself with BasicLinux by running the
- standard version (on ramdrive). Then, when you are comfortable, install
- it to its own partition on the HD. Then (when that is working OK) install
- the pcmcia.tgz package from Slackware 7.1 (in the /slakware/a11 directory).
- It will install several pcmcia modules -- hopefully, one of these modules
- will work with your card. For more information on configuring wireless
- LANs in Linux, see:
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- http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/
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