consul tores put forth on 2/7/2010 1:58 AM: > I can not know what this person is asking for, but a Linux kernel is > to big for a floppy disk, it includes SeLinux wich is not very welcome > in many boxes around the World, and it also defines what GNU does.
Linux kernels can be made to fit into spaces far far smaller than a 1.44MB floppy disk. Many embedded applications use Linux kernels a quarter of this size or less. Until recently you could boot the Debian net installer kernel from a floppy disk, and until recent years and the advent of "live CDs" the rescue floppy was the standard boot device for rescuing a non bootable Debian system. The Linux kernel can easily fit on a boot floppy. You can't do much with such a kernel, but then again, you never could with any *nix type kernel that fit on a floppy. Why do you say SeLinux is not welcome? In Debian/GNU Linux it's disabled by default. Those who use it need high levels of system security and auditing. -- Stan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
