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|    Rj Clay to Nicholas Boel    |
|    Internet Rex and Debian Linux    |
|    29 Sep 12 23:49:47    |
      Nick,              29 Sep 12 18:19, you wrote to me:               RC>> Depends on the version... As you many not be aware; Debian        RC>> Woody (v3) was released in 2002 (and later superceded in 2005) and        RC>> therefore uses the older versions of the standard C libraries.        RC>> Which, IIRC, was the issue with running IRex on Linux systems...               NB> Does Debian 'Woody' use the 2.4 kernel?               Yep; 2.4.18.                      NB> There's also an issue with DNSs. You have to use real IP addresses as        NB> well.               That also is resolved by going back to the older OS version:              ----- |
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