On Fri, 25 Jun 1999, Kirk Reiser wrote: > I was wondering if someone could answer a question which is confusing > me about the .config for the kernel sources and the boot floppies.
Maybe change the config so that the scsi/ether drivers are not compiled in. A fairly generic kernel 2.2 should be about 660k. > I am attempting to put together a rescue disk for a debian > distribution. The reason for this is that I have developed a screen > review speech output system for the linux console driver I wish to > make boot disks available for folks to download and install their > debian distribution with speech. I have been doing this for a while > actually, but I just downloaded and compiled some kernels from the > kernel sources 2.2.10 configuration file and the compiled kernel is > about 1.1 megs. I am trying to figure out how you are supposed to get > these kernels on the standard rescue disk which only appears to have > room for about a 700k kernel. > > Is there a new boot floppy installation system under development or > what am I missing? I would certainly appreciate any suggestions or > clarification someone could give me. > > Kirk > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > +---------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | R Garth Wood | Storm Linux: Taking Linux by storm. | | Stormix Technologies Inc. | www.stormix.com | | Supreme Commander | |
