Re: LOAF....

["Jason M. Felice" <jasonf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Oct 13, 1999 at 09:38:51AM +0200, Paul Rijke wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> 
> I want to start Linux as LOAF (Linux Of A Flop). Suppose I want to put
> TN5250 on that disk as well, which files should I put on that disk? Of
> course the binairy tn5250, but wich ones as well?

You can use the command 'ldd tn5250' to get a listing of the shared
libraries needed by tn5250 on your system... they aren't always the same.

You will need a curses library, which can eat a bit of space on the floppy.
Alternately, you can use the S/Lang library if you configure and compile
tn5250 with the '--with-slang' option.  The S/Lang library can be compiled
to remove most of the features, and this will fit on a floppy.  (You don't
need the actual S/Lang interpreter, or the S/Lang math functions, or the
S/Lang POSIX functions ..)

If you get it working, let us know.  (I started working with this, using
CClinux as a base, but I don't have the time now.)  If you could post the
resulting work (or email it to me if you don't want to use _your_ bandwidth),
and maybe some info on problems encountered, that would be just peachy.

Good luck,
-Jay 'Eraserhead' Felice

> 
> Paul Rijke
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> 

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