-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Felix Miata wrote: > OTOH, not being able to make a standard boot floppy is a serious > handicap to those who for whatever reason can't or don't boot from > the HD, and don't have CDRW or don't want to boot from CD each time.
Hmm, IMHO better to ensure that they can boot from the HD. If there are still any guides about linux suggesting not to install the bootloader on the HD, let's go and trash them. When was the last time you booted a normal machine off a floppy (ie in normal operation). Have you *ever* done this for windows? > I see a 'kernel memory freed' statement of nearly 200K on every boot. initrd image. > It seems there ought to be a streamlined way to compile a kernel that > would not produce that result, with the result that a boot floppy > could easily be produced to fit in 1440K space. $ du -k /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.22-9mdk 1320 /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.22-9mdk 120k is not a lot ... Regards, Buchan - -- |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x202 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE/kDx7rJK6UGDSBKcRAm7cAJ4mSyRYpr1yRaZPGjuZILrNQswlgACffWQZ n4e1ms2yqMpOIyl+RGoCDCU= =cyT2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
