On Tue, 15 Dec 1998, David Stern wrote: [ snip ]
: What I did was to select the kernel options good ol' Bruce listed in : the readme on the rescue disk statically (initrd, ramdisk, loop, msdos, : fat, minix, elf, ext2fs, procfs). Then I added major categories of : features statically (scsi), with individual options in those categories : (ai7xxx) as modules. I also used cpu type 386 to reduce the size of : the kernel somewhat, although that is probably overkill. Categories : which I didn't need, like isdn or ethernet, I excluded to save space, : again probably overkill. : : Then I modified the Makefile as follows before compiling: : : ROOT_DEV = /dev/ramdisk : : RAMDISK = -DRAMDISK=1440 There's a file on the rescue disk (rdev.sh?) that contains the rdev commands you need to run on your new kernel image once you've finished compiling. No need to edit the Makefile. I generally apply the rdev commands my new kernel, then I ftp the kernel over and copy it to the rescue disk from an NT command prompt - my desktop at work is NT, the linux server(s) are in another room and are physically secured so using the floppy is a pain. Works for me, -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet 410 South Phillips Avenue Sioux Falls, SD mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9)
