Makoto Matsushita wrote: > It seems that kern.flp for FreeBSD/alpha is flooded (tested on FreeBSD/i386). > Maybe several kbytes should be removed from the kernel: [ ... ] > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 1223388 Mar 28 00:57 kernel.gz > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 200864 Mar 28 00:57 loader [ ... ] > Anybody have an idea to reduce the size?
In theory, you could boot the kernel directly, without the loader. For that to work, though, you would need to do some extra work, but that would get you 200K back. You might also consider stripping the kernel, if it's not stripped already; that will break some things, but probably not things you care about when booting from a floppy. Maybe there are some drivers, not related to the floppy, that you could not link in, and provide kernel modules for them on a seperate floppy; you couldn't strip the symbols, or not keep the loader, though, in that case. I don't really know what's in the kernel you have there, so it's hard to tell what baggage you have to throw overboard. You might want to talk to Bruce. Also, the Alpha folks might be able to pick and choose driver sets for you, so that you could have several platform-specific versions of floppies, by stripping platform-specific drivers from the other floppies in the set. You'd want to ask on the -alpha, rther than -current, list for that; the idea may or may not be feasible. -- Terry _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
