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pivot_rooting to make a 50MB CD-ROM hold all of the programs we
include.

pivot_rooting to make a 50MB CD-ROM hold all of the programs we
include.


== Why not just use Knoppix? ==

Knoppix is an excellent live-CD distribution, but one with different
goals. Knoppix is meant to be a fully-featured Debian system on a CD
or DVD. The LNX-BBC is meant to be a portable card-sized
distribution, designed to fit in your wallet or pocket. The form
factor of a business card CD makes the LNX-BBC more readily transportable
than a full-size CD-ROM.

== Does it work with Red Hat? ==

The LNX-BBC is its own operating system. It works independently of
== Does it work with Red Hat? ==

The LNX-BBC is its own operating system. It works independently of
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could have OS/2 installed on your system and the LNX-BBC would still
function in your machine.

could have OS/2 installed on your system and the LNX-BBC would still
function in your machine.


== Does it work with Windows? ==

See above question about Red Hat.

== So how do I get one? ==

Your options:
== So how do I get one? ==

Your options:
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                burn it> to a CD-R.
        * Meet one of us at any of the trade shows we attend.
        * Join the FSF and get their <http://member.fsf.org/ membership card>.
                burn it> to a CD-R.
        * Meet one of us at any of the trade shows we attend.
        * Join the FSF and get their <http://member.fsf.org/ membership card>.
        * Request one on the <http://zork.net/mailman/listinfo/lnx-bbc
                lnx-bbc mailing list>
        * Purchase one from the
                <http://shop.eff.org/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=ES&Product_Code=BBC
                EFF Online Store>
        * If you run a Free Software user group of some kind, you may
                request that some be sent on the
                <http://zork.net/mailman/listinfo/lnx-bbc lnx-bbc
                mailing list>

== What do I do with an ISO file? ==

ISO9660 is the standard that defines the CD-ROM format. The .iso file
you download from us is a raw image of a CD-ROM. You need to burn it
to your CD-R or CD-RW in some sort of raw mode, to avoid making
a CD with a single large .iso file on it!

There is a decent rundown on <http://www.linuxdocs.org/sln/cdcommands/
using cdrecord under Unix> to burn CDs at the command-line. You may
also find <http://xcdroast.org/ X-CD-Roast> a helpful GUI tool.

Some people have found that renaming the file extension from .iso to
.raw helps convince Microsoft Windows what the appropriate burning
technique should be. Most other operating systems in the world are
Unix-based, and determine the file type by what's actually in it
rather than what it claims to be.
== So this is that Linuxcare thing, right? ==

== So this is that Linuxcare thing, right? ==

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== But Linuxcare still has a GNU/Linux business card CD. Is this the same project? ==

The LNX-BBC has no affiliation with Linuxcare, although Linuxcare have
== But Linuxcare still has a GNU/Linux business card CD. Is this the same project? ==

The LNX-BBC has no affiliation with Linuxcare, although Linuxcare have
continued maintaining <http://lbt.linuxcare.com/index.epl their own
similar project>. Both are descended from the original project, but
all of the original developers are currently working on the LNX-BBC.
<http://lbt.linuxcare.com/index.epl their own similar project>.
Unfortunately, it looks like Linuxcare have not updated their version
of the BBC since August 2001. Both are descended from the original
project, but all of the original developers are currently working on
the LNX-BBC.
== So what version should I get? ==

== So what version should I get? ==

As of this writing (September 2002) the latest release version is
<download.html 1.618>. The 2.0 version will be built
entirely from source code using GAR. When you build from source, you
currently get a timestamped pre-release edition of the LNX-BBC.
As of this writing (May 2003) the latest release version is
<download.html 2.1>.
== Are there any images for larger CDs? (8cm, full CD-ROM etc)? ==

== Are there any images for larger CDs? (8cm, full CD-ROM etc)? ==

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<http://cvs.lnx-bbc.org/cvs/gar/gar.tar.gz?tarball=1 the latest CVS
snapshot>, updated immediately from the latest CVS checkin.

<http://cvs.lnx-bbc.org/cvs/gar/gar.tar.gz?tarball=1 the latest CVS
snapshot>, updated immediately from the latest CVS checkin.


For the STABLE branch, issue the following instead:

----8<----
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.lnx-bbc.org:/var/cvs login
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.lnx-bbc.org:/var/cvs co -r STABLE gar
----8<----

== When I try to get GAR, it hangs on wireless-tools! How do I fix
this? ==

== When I try to get GAR, it hangs on wireless-tools! How do I fix
this? ==

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All of the 1.x versions of the BBC and LNX-BBC were built by taking
binaries from a variety of sources (hand-compiled, out of Debian
All of the 1.x versions of the BBC and LNX-BBC were built by taking
binaries from a variety of sources (hand-compiled, out of Debian
packages, etc) and just throwing them together. As of September 2002,
there has not yet been a release of the LNX-BBC that uses the GAR
tree.

However, our build system attempts to build two ISO files per day, and
puts them up at <http://www.lnx-bbc.org/builds/>. If you're just
looking to boot our development pre-release and look around, that's
the way to go (though it most likely won't fit on a business card CD
yet).
packages, etc) and just throwing them together.

Our build system attempts to build two ISO files per day, and puts
them up at <http://www.lnx-bbc.org/builds/>. If you're just looking
to boot our development pre-release and look around, that's the way to
go.
== I don't always have access to the Internet, but want to be able to
build with a pre-downloaded set of tarballs. How do I get GAR to do
== I don't always have access to the Internet, but want to be able to
build with a pre-downloaded set of tarballs. How do I get GAR to do
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Yes.
Yes.


== I have a Gentoo system and I'd like to have GAR look for any files
it needs in the portage download directory before it tries to get them
off of the Internet. Is there an easy way to do this? ==

Yes. In gar.conf.mk, append "file://usr/portage/distfiles/" to
FILE_SITES.