On Jul 08, 1996 at 00:06, Paul Edwards of 3:711/934.9 wrote:

 db>> I'll get around to running the debugger over it later.
 PE>
 PE> No idea on that.  I gave up on the DLL a long time ago, and only test it
 PE> with MSGAPI38.

Do you run MSGAPI38 as a static library or a DLL?  If the former, I'm not
interested.  If the latter, then does the DLL work with all over
applications that use MsgAPI (ie., is it a plug-in replacement)?

 db>> But if you've got a fix, I'm all ears.

I'll get around to it .. eventually.

 db>> Which distribution *did* you install anyway?  Slackware, Red Hat,
 db>> Debian, .. ?
 PE>
 PE> Perhaps slackware.  Infomagic Linux.  Can't remember exactly what I did.

Not good when you don't have any idea what you're doing.  InfoMagic's
"Linux Developers Resource" (brilliant CD set, BTW - it's the one
I use) contains a few distributions - in fact, all three of Slackware, Red
Hat and Debian, plus others (predominantly Japanese).

If you installed from disc 1, then it's likely to be Slackware (again, the
one I use).  I've tried Red Hat 3.0.3 (ie., "Picasso"), but
wasn't impressed.  I have Slackware running across four machines (two
Pentiums, two i386 machines), work and home combined.

 PE> I am now at the stage where I can boot off floppy and go "mount
 PE> root=/dev/hdd5"...

Wadda waste .. when are you going to install LILO?  I boot straight from
OS/2's Boot Manager - ie:

Power Up
  |
  +-- OS/2 Boot Manager
        |
        +-- DOS
        |
        +-- OS/2
        |
        +-- LILO
              |
              +- Various Linux Kernels

Much neater than than booting from floppy (faster, too).  At work I don't
have OS/2, so I just run LILO from the MBR (instead of from the Linux
superblock, as at home).

 PE> If I try to use Bootmanager it (Bootmanager) just hangs with a black
 PE> screen.

You're doing something wrong (like, not installing LILO).

 db>> Did you realise you can install Linux (long file names and all) into a
 db>> DOS directory on a FAT partition?

Linux kernels 2.x now support Windows 95's VFAT, too.  I'm about to upgrade
one of my work machines as I'm getting sick of the shitty Intel
EtherExpress driver ("board has gone to sleep - kicking it..").

 db>> That's the way to go - wait for the 2.0.0 kernel version of Slackware,
 PE>
 PE> Can you let me know if you hear of it being available?

The next release of Slackware is Version 3.1.0, called (oddly enough)
"Slackware '96" (were'd they get that idea?!).  It will be on the
August 1996 release of the InfoMagic set.

Cheers..

    - dave
    d.begley{at}ieee.org

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