[Leaf-devel] Linux 2.4.16

2001-12-31 Thread David Douthitt
I noticed several differences (perhaps others will find more). I had much less in my kernel, but perhaps bigger things Compared to the version the Jacques had, my compilation did NOT have: * EISA support * Hot Pluggable Device support * PCMCIA * QoS * 1000Mbit * Wireless LAN * Token Ring *

[Leaf-devel] linux 2.4.16

2001-12-31 Thread Eric Wolzak
Hello David Ewald and all others on the list. Jacques Nilo has a 2.4.16 (unpatched) kernel on /leaf.sf.net/devel/jnilo/kernel-2.4.16/ The configuration files are there too. We are working on a pppoe disk based on this kernel. greetings and a happy new year to all of you Eric Wolzak leaf.sf.net

RE: [Leaf-devel] Linux 2.4.16

2001-12-31 Thread Andrew Hoying
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David > Douthitt > Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 11:39 PM > To: LEAF Development > Subject: Re: [Leaf-devel] Linux 2.4.16 > > < -- snip -- > > > > Secon

Re: [Leaf-devel] Linux 2.4.16

2001-12-31 Thread David Douthitt
On 12/31/01 at 5:42 PM, Ewald Wasscher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David Douthitt wrote: > > >Second question: I STILL can't get 2.4.16 under 500k in > >size - I can't even get it under 600k - even compressed. > >Even though I strip practically everything out. Why is > >that? Do I really hav

Re: [Leaf-devel] Linux 2.4.16

2001-12-31 Thread Ewald Wasscher
David Douthitt wrote: >Second question: I STILL can't get 2.4.16 under 500k in size - I can't >even get it under 600k - even compressed. Even though I strip >practically everything out. Why is that? Do I really have to give up >over 100k of floppy space to the Linux kernel? > Do you care to sh

Re: [Leaf-devel] Linux 2.4.16

2001-12-30 Thread David Douthitt
On 12/30/01 at 4:23 PM, David Douthitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to set up Linux 2.4.16 with the Linux Progress > Patch (LPP) on my desktop before I try it on a floppy... > Now when the system boots, I get the nice boot screen > (from LPP) and all works until init starts - which me

[Leaf-devel] Linux 2.4.16

2001-12-30 Thread David Douthitt
I'm trying to set up Linux 2.4.16 with the Linux Progress Patch (LPP) on my desktop before I try it on a floppy... The system has been trouble Even though this system came with 2.4.3, it still won't boot right with 2.4.16 and LPP. First it came up and said that /dev/hda7 had no superblock on

Re: [Leaf-devel] Linux 2.4.16 and LEAF

2001-12-05 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
> > > If I understand right, the steps are: > > > > > > 1. Create and compile a kernel of your choice. > > > 2. Create a Minix file system and populate it with the contents of > > > root.lrp > > > 3. Compress the Minix filesystem with gzip and put on disk as initrd.gz > > > 4. Modify linuxrc to ru

Re: [Leaf-devel] Linux 2.4.16 and LEAF

2001-12-05 Thread David Douthitt
Charles Steinkuehler wrote: > > > If I understand right, the steps are: > > > > 1. Create and compile a kernel of your choice. > > 2. Create a Minix file system and populate it with the contents of > > root.lrp > > 3. Compress the Minix filesystem with gzip and put on disk as initrd.gz > > 4. Mod

Re: [Leaf-devel] Linux 2.4.16 and LEAF

2001-12-05 Thread David Douthitt
Jacques NIlo wrote: > > > You and initrd.txt both talk of pivot_root - but I > > can't find the command anywhere. > > It's in busybox. Read initrd.txt in kernel Doc for > instruction. I saw initrd.txt - and have 2.4 systems here, too. Doing a which pivot_root or a man pivot_root fails on all s

Re: [Leaf-devel] Linux 2.4.16 and LEAF

2001-12-05 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
> > I don't think this is the best way to solve this. IMHO, it's better to have > > the kernel boot with root=[!ram0], which will get linuxrc running. > > I don't know what you mean by that... What would root= be, then? And > what does that have to do with /linuxrc? > > I'm just getting a handl

Re: [Leaf-devel] Linux 2.4.16 and LEAF

2001-12-05 Thread Jacques NIlo
> You and initrd.txt both talk of pivot_root - but I can't find the > command anywhere. It's in busybox. Read initrd.txt in kernel Doc for instruction. > Actually, Oxygen does NOT do this, as busybox is entirely statically > linked, and includes all applets as before. Many of the "necessities"

Re: [Leaf-devel] Linux 2.4.16 and LEAF

2001-12-05 Thread David Douthitt
Charles Steinkuehler wrote: > I don't think this is the best way to solve this. IMHO, it's better to have > the kernel boot with root=[!ram0], which will get linuxrc running. I don't know what you mean by that... What would root= be, then? And what does that have to do with /linuxrc? I'm jus

Re: [Leaf-devel] Linux 2.4.16 and LEAF

2001-12-05 Thread David Douthitt
Jacques NIlo wrote: > My proposal - and what I have implemented in my last > experimental LEAF 2.4.16 image (the b1 version)- is the > following: > > a/ Whatever is provided after the initrd= variable will > contain the smallest possible filesystem. The smallest I > found consists of a 1,2M (unc

Re: [Leaf-devel] Linux 2.4.16 and LEAF

2001-12-05 Thread Jacques NIlo
> If I understand right, the steps are: > > > > 1. Create and compile a kernel of your choice. > > 2. Create a Minix file system and populate it with the contents of > > root.lrp > > 3. Compress the Minix filesystem with gzip and put on disk as initrd.gz > > 4. Modify linuxrc to run /sbin/init at

Re: [Leaf-devel] Linux 2.4.16 and LEAF

2001-12-05 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
> If I understand right, the steps are: > > 1. Create and compile a kernel of your choice. > 2. Create a Minix file system and populate it with the contents of > root.lrp > 3. Compress the Minix filesystem with gzip and put on disk as initrd.gz > 4. Modify linuxrc to run /sbin/init at the end I d

[Leaf-devel] Linux 2.4.16 and LEAF

2001-12-04 Thread David Douthitt
I was going through past mailing list messages (I have 1301 on hand :) and was trying to find out what had been going on with patching 2.4 for LEAF. I remembered that the LRP patches were made obsolete, both by massive changes to the kernel initrd code and by the future removal of initrd, as well