HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: nolan@helios.unl.edu (Michael Nolan)
Subject: Re: I would like to download linux from someone
Reply-To: nolan@helios.unl.edu
Organization: University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Date: 22 Jul 92 16:44:18 GMT

Jim.Corbett@f35.n152.z1.fidonet.org (Jim Corbett) writes:

>jc> I am located in So.Cal. I don't have FTP access. I do have
>jc> 14.4(mnp/pep)
>jc> comm. I am willing to drive to your site to copy floppies
>jc> if I can't get
>jc> dialin/download access.

>You can call in here 503-344-9838 and ignore the CBV and still access
>all of 
>the LINUX files.  Or if you have a mailer  freq 1:152/35 for LINUX to
>get 
>the list. 
> 
> * Origin: Intermittent Connection  Eugene, OR (1:152/35)

There was a list of BBS's with Linux posted last week.  It includes both
GEnie and CompuServe, which should be available from just about anywhere.
They aren't free, of course, but neither is a long-distance phone call.
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: bjl@loki.pttrnl.nl (Ben Lippolt)
Subject: Re: tlA: /bin/arch solved.
Reply-To: B.J.Lippolt@research.ptt.nl
Organization: PTT Research
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 20:34:32 GMT

laakkone@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Tero Laakkonen) writes:

>and i got one. somebody pointed out to me that "/usr/bin/uname -m"
>does exactly the same as /bin/arch does...

Is there a way to distinguish between a 386 and a 486? I have a 486,
but 'uname -m' says 'i386'. But when I compile with 'gcc -m486' I'll
get code which doesn't run on a 386.


Ben Lippolt.
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: hargrove@theory.TC.Cornell.EDU (Paul H. Hargrove)
Subject: Re: shutdown not doing so (solved)
Organization: Cornell University, Ithaca New York, USA
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 23:39:26 GMT

In article <4155@inca.comlab.ox.ac.uk> as@prg.ox.ac.uk (Andrew Stevens) writes:
>If, like me, you've been irritated by shutdown occasionally hanging
>you may be interested to know the cause.   Basically, when shutdown
>runs it uses /etc/utmp to figure out which tty's to send shutdown
>messages to.   If /etc/utmp is messed up containing entries for
>pty's with nothing attached (i.e. messily killed of xterm's and the
>like) shutdown tries to write to these and hangs.   Various
>work-around's are (1) always kill things off by hand before exiting X-windows,
>(2) hack shutdown to ignore pty's (3) Zap the /etc/utmp file by hand
>if shutdown hangs.
>
>I haven't (quite) got the energy to figure out the ioctl's needed to
>properly cure this problem.
>

I recently patched my shutdown source to address this problem, but got a
little over zealous reclaiming disk space and lost the source.  I'll try
to recreate my patches, but in the mean time, I'll send a binary (static,
since I consider shutdown to be neccesary even if my shared libs bite the
dust) to one of the ftp sites in the next few days.

>Andrew
>        Andrew Stevens                  
>      Programmming Research Group       JANET: Andrew.Stevens@uk.ac.oxford.prg
>     11 Keble Road, Oxford, England     UUCP:  ...!uunet!mcvax!ukc!ox-prg!as
>     OX1 3QD   +44 0865 272563
-- 
Paul H. Hargrove 
hargrove@theory.tc.cornell.edu 
"A witty saying proves nothing." --Voltaire
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: Andrew Haylett <ajh@gec-mrc.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Anyone done bc?
Reply-To: ajh@gec-mrc.co.uk
Organization: The Internet
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 13:10:17 GMT

davidsen@crd.ge.com (bill davidsen) wrote:
| Last night using linux I realized how much I use bc. Has anyone done a
| port, or is there even a free version? Seems there was a GNU version,
| but it may only have been dc.

there is indeed a GNU bc; it ports easily to Linux as I recall. I also ported
'pac', the panel calculator, a curses-based screen calculator that uses bc as
its computing engine (I had to build a special version of bc for it, though,
since GNU bc is rather more chatty than the standard one and was confusing
pac). Pac is very nice, although it shows advanced symptoms of creeping
featurism, but if you want a tool that can convert between inches and light
years, work out your mortgage repayments and do arbitrary precision math
without breaking into a sweat, try it. Available from most Usenet archives, I
guess.

----
Andrew Haylett       | Inet: ajh@gec-mrc.co.uk   | Fax: +44 245 75244
GEC-Marconi Research | Tel: +44 245 73331 x.3283 | Telex: 995016 GECRES G

Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: f6930910@scheme.cs.ubc.ca
Subject: catting binaries
Reply-To: f6930910@scheme.cs.ubc.ca
Organization: The Internet
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 04:41:52 GMT

Hi.  Here is something for you to try at home.  I often go looking
for stuff in directories by using 'grep stuff *'.  This is not
really all that bright of me, because sometimes stuff happens to be
in an executable or library or other such binary in that directory, 
in which case my screen gets rapidly filled with binary nonsense.

The wierd thing is that sometimes (not allways), after all the
garbage has been cat(ed) to the screen, the terminal is left in
a state such that all characters echoed to the screen are displayed
as IBM extended graphics characters.  This does not allways happen, but
usually does.  To see this, just cat a few of your favorite binaries
to stdout.

My question then becomes:  How do I get the terminal back into a
normal state?  stty sane < /dev/tty1 > /dev/tty1 does no good.
Why would this happen anyway?  BTW, catting a binary in an xterm
never seems to do any harm -- only when on a virtual console.

I am using 0.96cp2, the new setterm, etc, etc..

Many thanks.  Even a "it sure doesn't do that on my machine" would
be helpful.

-Ken
Organization: Freshman, Physics, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 23:04:53 -0400 
From: Frank T Lofaro <fl0p+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Everex VGA

    It does support X, if that's what you were asking. However it seems
the kernel SVGA selection code doesn't deal with it correctly, it seems
(*very* strange, since it works fine with X (select ET4000 chipset).
    One can get 832x624 with 512K of video ram.
From: hang@usc.edu (Paul Phuoc Han)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Help on Installing
Date: 24 Jul 1992 20:44:27 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: girtab.usc.edu


Hi Linux users,

I need some help on installing Linux.  I have just copied the boot and util
image of version 0.96c.   Atfer booting both disks, I got the unix prompt.
But the problem was that I could not execute any commands from the bin
directory, I kept getting "can not execute binary file" errors.  Please
help me solve this problem.  Thanks.

Paul
From: zlsiial@uts.mcc.ac.uk (A. V. Le Blanc)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Need some help (info.) on background process, passwd, etc.
Date: 21 Jul 92 06:41:02 GMT
Reply-To: LeBlanc@mcc.ac.uk
Organization: Computing Centre, University of Manchester

In article <BrLxux.4D0@news.cso.uiuc.edu> elvis@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (I am THE Elvis P.) writes:
>	1) I can't seem to find any password program, i.e. programs that allow
>the user to change his/her password (like "passwd" in most unix systems).

The source to the passwd program distributed in the MCC interim version of
Linux can be found in mcc-interim/0.96c/source_files/misc.tar.Z, which is
in /pub/linux at ftp.mcc.ac.uk, in /pub/Linux/mirrors/uk.mirror at
banjo.concert.net, and somewhere on tsx-11.mit.edu as well.  This program
was written by R. E. Wolff.

>	2) How do you run things in the background and switch among them?
>Also, is there commands like "ps" and "kill"?

The ps command is in ps096b.tar.Z, which can be found on most sites; at
MCC it is in /pub/linux/misc.  The kill command is a bash internal
command, and there is an executable as well: the one distributed as part
of the MCC interim version of Linux can be found in the misc.tar.Z file
described above.

     -- Owen
     LeBlanc@mcc.ac.uk
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: janl@ifi.uio.no (Jan Nicolai Langfeldt)
Subject: Kernel mucking (Was: New Linux Install: Summary)
Organization: Folkeaksjonen for (tungt) eple cider p} Inf. stua
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 18:29:05 GMT
Originator: janl@maud.ifi.uio.no


In article <1992Jul28.145636.6862@sura.net>, vargish@sura.net (Nick Vargish) writes:
> -->3. I remember seeing a clue on how to disable the initial "Hit <ENTER>
>    to see SVGA modes, any other key to continue" [sic.] messgae. 
> 
> I was told, "hack the kernel." Haven't done this yet, but I'm thinking
> about it.

I used a hour the other day to first disable the "Hit <ENTER>"
message/readkey then select the desired video mode correctly. All this
happens in /usr/src/linux/boot/setup.S. Just search for "chsvga" and
you'll find the relevant code. Note that the "getkey" routine is kinda
weird and seem to return something related to scancodes...

Now, anyone want to colaborate on _understanding_ the vga mode
selection process and write patches so mode can be configured in linux
Makefile (like keyboard is configured)?

> -->2. Currently I have a file called "vmlinux.96c+" [..]
> 
> Somebody needs to mention that after compiling a new kernel, and if
> using a boot floppy, you must:
> 
> imrryr# cp /usr/src/linux/Image /dev/fd0

The 'right' way to do this is 'make disk' in /usr/src/linux

Nicolai

-- 
Nicolai Langfeldt, "Bugs made while you wait"             
Internet: janl@ifi.uio.no
From: qs101@cl.cam.ac.uk (Quentin Stafford-Fraser)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: A new Rawrite ?
Keywords: rawrite
Date: 28 Jul 92 12:11:26 GMT
Reply-To: qs101@cl.cam.ac.uk (Quentin Stafford-Fraser)
Organization: U of Cambridge Computer Lab, UK

I seem to remember some discussion about a rawrite version 2 - can
anyone tell me whether such a thing exists and if so where?

Many thanks,
Quentin

 -----------------------------------
 Quentin Stafford-Fraser            
 Cambridge University Computer Lab  
 qs101@cl.cam.ac.uk
 Tel +44 223 334645
 -----------------------------------
From: gt7080a@prism.gatech.EDU (Nathan I. Laredo)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: How do I tell X386 about my MicroSoft buss-mouse?
Date: 23 Jul 92 20:44:16 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

In article <1992Jul23.134542.979@uwm.edu> rick@ee.uwm.edu (Rick Miller) writes:
>I've finally gotten my ParadisePlus board to display properly, but
>I still haven't figured out what I need to do to tell X386 about my
>mouse... Can someone help me?

I've tried to email this person, but it bounced every time.

Rick, the following may help you.  It's probably findable as a previous
post in this newsgroup.

---------------the following article that posted may help ----------------
>From gatech!prism!gt7080a Tue Jul 21 17:52:17 EDT 1992
Article: 6134 of comp.os.linux
From: gt7080a@prism.gatech.EDU (Nathan I. Laredo)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: FAQ:  How to create a bus mouse device
Date: 21 Jul 92 21:37:13 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

In article <1992Jul21.130051.1@acad2.alaska.edu> axlas@acad2.alaska.edu (Leif A Sawyer) writes:
>Forgot to mention last time another problem.  Trying to get my
>bus mouse to work.  Have a logitech trackman, and linux kernel finds
>it correctly and init's it.  However, I don't seem to have a /dev/mouse
>to correspond to it.  Any suggestions?  I RTFFAQ but didn't see anything 
>on the bus mouse.
>

THE 0.96c-patchlevel2 KERNEL SUPPORTS LOGITECH AND COMPATABLE BUS MICE
----------------------------------------------------------------------

(you can find a patched kernel as /pub/Linux/Incoming/linux-0.96c-pl2.tar.Z
 on banjo.concert.net)

If you are unsure that you have a bus mouse or not, check to see if your
mouse card has a selection for a sample rate switchable between 30Hz
and 60Hz (or possibly 25/50Hz), if it does not, then it is NOT a true 
bus mouse (InPort mice for example will not work with this driver).

To create a bus mouse device:
mknod /dev/mouse c 10 0


Questions
---------
X11
--
What do I use in my Xconfig file to use the bus mouse?  Logitech doesn't
work.

Here are the mouse lines from my Xconfig:

BusMouse   "/dev/mouse"

You may add a sample rate if you want, but chances are, unless the model
number on your mouse matches mine: PC-93-9MD it probably will cause your
machine to lock up, as I've gotten several reports saying that.

According to the X386 documentation, non-logitech mice do not support
a sample rate.

--------
MGR
--
How do I make mgr use my bus mouse?

Well you don't have to.  Once you've created /dev/mouse you're set.

-------

Now you've got something that resembles a piece of a faq... maybe
it will make its way into the real faq... 
--
Nathan I. Laredo, gt7080a@prism.gatech.edu
(sorry to have to waste so much space)
-- 
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From: davidsen@ariel.crd.GE.COM (william E Davidsen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: GNU Hurd (was Re: BSD Unix)
Date: 22 Jul 92 14:07:08 GMT
Reply-To: davidsen@crd.ge.com (bill davidsen)
Distribution: comp
Organization: GE Corporate R&D Center, Schenectady NY

In article <3082@ra.nrl.navy.mil>, eric@tantalus.dell.com (Eric Youngdale) writes:

|> I would also guess (based on experience with some of the other gnu utilities)
|> that it may be suffering from feeping creaturism.  This is, of course, purely
|> conjecture.

  Yeah, I mentioned to Stahlman once that I thought it was obscene to
have a editor which was larger than the kernel, and he said he'd take
care of it. I thought maybe he would make EMACS smaller...
-- 
bill davidsen, GE Corp. R&D Center; Box 8; Schenectady NY 12345
	It never ceases to amaze me that otherwise rational people, able to
	understand calculus, compound interest, and the income tax form, can
	continue to believe that poker is a game of chance.
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: dirkst@kaa.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Dirk Steinberg)
Subject: select () broken in 0.96cpl2?
Keywords: KERNEL
Organization: Rechnerbetrieb Informatik  /  RWTH Aachen
Date: 27 Jul 92 01:36:24 GMT

Am I the only one or did someone else notice?
Ever since I upgraded from 0.96c pl1 to pl2 zsh and X stopped
working. I had no problems before. The X server does not
respond to mouse movements at all, and although the xterm
appears, there is no shell in it. When I run zsh (from hlu)
it prints a prompt, but I cannot type anything.
As ps(1) shows, in both cases the process hangs in do_select()
so I wonder whether it might be broken.

Any comments?

	Dirk
-- 
---
Dirk W. Steinberg
Aachen University of Technology
email: dirkst@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: unixsys@ssg.com (Rick Emerson)
Subject: Re: Add this to FAQ if not contained already (was Re: printer package)
Organization: System Support Group
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 18:28:49 GMT

kraus@rtsg.mot.com (David Kraus) writes:

> In article <oZD2NB1w165w@ssg.com>, unixsys@ssg.com (Rick Emerson) writes:
> > kraus@rtsg.mot.com (David Kraus) writes:
> >> Literary Reference:  "UNIX System Administration Handbook"
> > This is a good book.  A similar book, albeit with a usefully different view
> > point, is "the armadillo book" (ya gotta love those wild and crazy
> > nutsa@ora.com) or "Essential System Administration."  This is another

Oops!  I should have written nuts@ora.com - note the extra "a" was dropped.

> > O'Reilly & Assoc. "Nutshell Handbook."  While covering much of the same
> > material as Nemeth, Snyder, and Seebass, Aeleen Frisch comes at the admin
> > with a slightly tighter, not quite so funky approach.  Frankly, if your
> > budget can stand it, buy them both.  
> 
> As a matter of fact, I intend to when Aeleen (hmm, announcement says
> 'Eilleen') is in town for a book signing next week...  Besides, Books &
> Bytes was out of it when I was in need...

Well, drop O'Reilly a note at nuts@ora.com and order your copy in advance so
Ms. Fritsch will be impressed to see the book's in use.  <grin>

Rick


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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: welshm@mirage.rtp.dg.com (Matt Welsh)
Subject: Re: ibug, Linux Bug Reporting program
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 92 17:08:34 GMT
Organization: Data General Corporation, RTP, NC.

In article <Bs2qnE.1uA@news.cso.uiuc.edu> thoth@uiuc.edu (Ben Cox) writes:
>welshm@snail.rtp.dg.com (Matt Welsh) writes:
>
>> Note: Ibug is NOT a program for use with Linux, as Linux does not
>> support mailing over the internet (yet). It's meant to be used on your
>> "other" UNIX machine(s) to report bugs for the Linux project. Whenever
>> Linux lets you mail onto the Internet, feel free to use it!
>
>Gee, I dunno; I can send mail to "welshm@snail.ftp.dg.com" from my
>Linux machine.  (And "linux-activists@niksula.hut.fi", too.  :^>)
>
>--
>Ben Cox
>thoth@uiuc.edu

I'll change the README file then. 

But can you send mail to "ml-linux-bugs@dg-rtp.dg.com"?? 
What mail protocol are you using (or are you emulating TCP/IP or
SLIP)? 

cheers,
mdw

Matt Welsh    welshm@dg-rtp.dg.com        ...!mcnc!rti!dg-rtp!welshm
UNIX-SQA, Data General Corporation RTP        Office: +1 919 248 6070
  "Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball."
From: drmo@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Help Getting Started
Date: 22 Jul 92 08:09:53 -0500

In article <1992Jul21.082832.1319@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu>, drmo@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu writes:
> First, I have read that it takes anywhere from 150 to 200 megs of free disk
> space to download and build X.  However, I have also read that Linux and
> X can be up and running with about 40 megs of disk space.  Is is possible
> to get X without having 150 megs of free disk space?  Are precompiled 
> binaries available?  If so, how do you go about applying patches?
> 
> I am planning on buying a 200 meg HD, but I would like to have an OS/2 
> partition as well as a Linux partition.  Will that be enough if I also want
> to run X?
> 
> Also,  as a result of reading this newsgroup and the FAQ, I feel more 
> confused than when I started.  I know very little about UNIX in any form,
> and even less about system administration, and the majority of the discussion
> here seems to be targeted above my knowledge.  Does any one know of any good
> references for system administration and the like?  

Many thanks to all who responded to my earlier post.  The overwhelming opinion
is that a 200 meg HD will be plenty, as the binaries are available and require
much less than 150 megs.


Again, THANKS

Drew
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: chip@tct.com (Chip Salzenberg)
Subject: Re: Better serial throughput: another approach
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 14:48:51 GMT
Organization: TC Telemanagement, Clearwater, FL

According to hedrick@dumas.rutgers.edu (Charles Hedrick):
>I've finally concluded that there's just too much code being
>executed per character.

There is another way, as SCO does:

   At serial interrupt: just store the character in a queue and return.
     Don't go through scheduler, just return.

   At clock interrupt: pull characters off the queues and do the rest
     of the processing that is currently happening at serial interrupt
     time.  Then run the scheduler, _once_.

Presto: minimum-overhead serial I/O.
-- 
Chip Salzenberg at Teltronics/TCT  <chip@tct.com>, <73717.366@compuserve.com>
   "Do Rush place weird subliminal backmasked messages in their songs to
 compel unwilling geeks to commit evil .sig atrocities?"  -- Dean Engelhardt
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: wcn@cs.brown.edu (Wen-Chun Ni)
Subject: Re: GNU Hurd (was Re: BSD Unix)
Organization: Brown University Department of Computer Science
Distribution: comp
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 17:15:20 GMT

In article <1992Jul21.131526.8920@ncsu.edu> jlnance@eos.ncsu.edu (JAMES LEWIS NANCE) writes:
>
>In article <1992Jul21.112705.6276@cs.cornell.edu>, murthy@cs.cornell.edu (Chet Murthy) writes:
>|> free unix is perhaps 2 years away - in 2 years, linux will be stable.
>|> In two years, the GNU Hurd will be stable.  And AT&T can 
>
>I have been wondering this for some time but have refrained from asking it
>because it sounds like a flame, but it is not.
>
>GNU has been working on Hurd for as long as I have know about them.  This has
>been at least 3 years, and I have seen nothing from them.  Linus has been
>working on linux for about a year and a half, and has produced a very good
>operating system.  Does anyone know what is taking GNU so long?  Prehaps they
>have released beta versions that I am unaware of, or prehaps they do not 
>want to release anything before they get it finished?  Anyone know?
>

Two folds:
1) Until very recently, GNU had yet to get the permission from CMU for
   the use of Mach source code. This is related to legal actions.

2) The BSD layer above Mach is not easy to write concerning about the
   fact that the 386-related Mach 3.0 code is larger than Linux.



Wen-Chun Ni
P.S. I expect the Hurd system to be large, a little slow, yet very powerful.
     I like Linux better even though it doesn't support from-scratch
     thread scheduling like Mach 3.0.
From: haas@physics.wm.edu (Chree Haas)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Boot Problems w/ pl1/pl2
Date: 23 Jul 92 20:53:02 GMT
Reply-To: haas@physics.wm.edu
Organization: Rio de Caca Illuminati


I've been working with the 096c MCC interim destribution for several weeks now
and really like it, so I decided to move to pl1.  I got the patch from tsx and
it applied fine.  However, when I boot the machine, I get the following line:
VESA  01:00  Everex Viewpoint VRAM  VGA  00000000
and then the screen scrolls about 80 lines and locks up.  
I think the pl0 source is fine, 'cause I can build it and everything boots fine.
The machine is a 486/33MHz, 16 Meg ram, 115M IDE disk.  
(working with pl2 doesn't help, either)

		Thanks...
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: bjl@sif.pttrnl.nl (Ben Lippolt)
Subject: Re: RFD: comp.unix.* reorganization
Reply-To: B.J.Lippolt@research.ptt.nl
Organization: PTT Research
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 07:47:49 GMT

unixsys@ssg.com (Rick Emerson) writes:

>Alt.bbs.waffle voted to move to comp.bbs.waffle and, despite the move to the
>more "respectable" comp.xxx, alt.bbs.waffle still carries some traffic. 
>Xxx.bbs.waffle on its best day carries perhaps 1/4 of the traffic here and
>the move has caused problems.  

To me it seemed that the move from alt.os.linux to comp.os.linux went rarther
smooth. After about a month the posts to alt.os.linux completely stopped.

>I don't see the justification for moving this newsgroup.  

To me it really doesn't matter. I would just say: go with the majority.
If the minix and coherent and other groups want to move, just follow them.


Ben Lippolt.
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: sundaram@cps.msu.edu (Divya Sundaram)
Subject: Is the Trident VGA card supported by Linux
Originator: sundaram@indian.cps.msu.edu
Organization: Michigan State University, College of Engineering
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 92 15:16:54 GMT


Hi All,
	I read the FAQ and (as usual) I could not figure out whether my
	VGA card (a Trident "TVGA" ??) is currently supported by Linux 
	in running X. I heard that it was not supported and wanted to check 
	this out. If not, would someone point out which (inexpensive/affordable)
	cards are supported! Thanks a heap,
					
	
	Divya
	(sundaram@cps.msu.edu)

	PS: Thanks for all the replies about how much frespace is needed for
	Linux! I gather that about 60MB would cover just about everything
	essential with room to spare. My machine has 16MB RAM so I anticipate
	being able to get away with murder as far as the swapfile is concerned


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