Hello Steven - At 10:23 AM 1/22/03 +0000, you wrote:
>I've been working on a slim 2.2.16 kernel for BL2. >So far I've got it down to 543kb. I'd like to make >it smaller still, so that 486s with 8mb RAM will be >able to run it in a ramdisk. Otherwise, I'm going >to have to up the minimum requirement to 12mb RAM. It's really unfortunate that users are so reluctant to participate in two-way communications. It is difficult to get feedback even when offering anonymous multiple choice forms with a 'send' button. I know, I've tried several times. No one really knows what legacy hardware is being used out there. People mention that they have an 80386 or whatever then some time later tell you the powersupply is gone or going and they can't see spending the time or money to fix them. I wonder how many 80486s out there have only 8 megs? 80486 laptops might have been only 8 megs but the '486 desktop I have here has 16 megs in it and it seems many/most 80486 desktops do have 16 megs? I don't really claim to know, I'm just surmising from reading people who discuss having one. :-\ If there was a way to know what is the 'standard' configuration of a typical '486 it might make this easier for you to do. :-) >At the moment the BL2 kernel has the ability to use >the full range of network cards. I may be able to get >a much smaller kernel by eliminating most of those cards. >So, I'm going to do a re-compile with just the six most >popular NICs. Two of those cards will be NE2000 (both >PCI and ISA) and 3c509. That leaves four places. So, >guys, you tell me which network cards should go in BL2. >Which are the most popular NICs for cable-modems? Not being sarcastic here but people with cable modems may not be the same people who would bother to keep a '486 operational for very long (if they even have one)? >Which are the most popular NICs in 486s and low-end >Pentiums? Would help if I could but even though I do have enough network cards to setup an intranet I have never bothered. Probably for the same reason I don't think '486 users have cable modems. My machines die off at the rate of one per year and I guess I just don't think it's worth the effort to network them? >Note: people with NICs not in BL2 will still be able to >use it. They simply download a new kernel from Slack71 >(the bare.i bzimage has support for all NICs). And, as now, >they also need to download the correct Slack71 module for >their NIC. Not sure I understand what you mean in the above paragraph? The BL2 won't network unless they also download additional modules of SlackWare71, or am I misunderstanding what you are saying here? Charles.Angelich "DOS Ghost" Tech Website : http://www.undercoverdesign.com/dosghost/ Music,Photos,Stories,etc. Website : http://www.undercoverdesign.com/dosghost/faf/ Default Browser HomePage : http://www.undercoverdesign.com/dosghost/homepage.asp To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
