I have a very old computer (Pentium 1 200Mhz, 64MB RAM) that I wanted to slap linux on to go along with my laptop and have it run as a server or something. I knew beforehand that I could not boot from the CD drive, since the bios is so old, so I was looking at the distros I had already burned out, but most of them were based on the 2.6 kernel, and no distros anymore supply boot floppy images for distros based on this kernel. So I decided to do a net install of debian, which actually worked out pretty well. It downloaded and configured itself for the base package really well, and all of my hardware was recognized. However, it didnt install anything BUT the base package.
I knew I was probably not going to be able to run X with a computer so old, and that was fine with me since i'm not afraid of the CLI. I apt-getted a few programs I wanted, like sshd, ftpd, apache, and other network related things. Once I got ssh installed, I could terminal in from my laptop through windows or linux, and got rid of the monitor and keyboard for the old tower.
Now we get to my real question. I play MUDs (text-based mmogs that date back to the 80s), moreso in the past than now, and I wanted to host one off of my machine. Thats actually why I got into linux in the first place a few years back. The majority of MUDs out there run on unix or unix clones, so I grabbed a few sources and slapped them on my machine. When I tried to compile them, I get lots of errors that pointed to missing header files in my /usr/include dir. I cd'ed over there, and notice that it was empty. I had a friend of mine put his header files from his linux install over there, but it didnt do any good.
For the life of me, I cant figure out what goes in there, or what package I can install to put it there. I'd rather have the header files that go with my specific install, rather than the ones I borrowed, so if anyone could shed some light, i'd be appreciative.
P.S. Sorry for the long background information post
I knew I was probably not going to be able to run X with a computer so old, and that was fine with me since i'm not afraid of the CLI. I apt-getted a few programs I wanted, like sshd, ftpd, apache, and other network related things. Once I got ssh installed, I could terminal in from my laptop through windows or linux, and got rid of the monitor and keyboard for the old tower.
Now we get to my real question. I play MUDs (text-based mmogs that date back to the 80s), moreso in the past than now, and I wanted to host one off of my machine. Thats actually why I got into linux in the first place a few years back. The majority of MUDs out there run on unix or unix clones, so I grabbed a few sources and slapped them on my machine. When I tried to compile them, I get lots of errors that pointed to missing header files in my /usr/include dir. I cd'ed over there, and notice that it was empty. I had a friend of mine put his header files from his linux install over there, but it didnt do any good.
For the life of me, I cant figure out what goes in there, or what package I can install to put it there. I'd rather have the header files that go with my specific install, rather than the ones I borrowed, so if anyone could shed some light, i'd be appreciative.
P.S. Sorry for the long background information post
