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kernel 2.6.27 is a disaster
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Jasen Betts
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 7:34 am    Post subject: Re: kernel 2.6.27 is a disaster Reply with quote
On 2008-10-30, J.O. Aho <user@example.net> wrote:
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Beej Jorgensen wrote:
Man-wai Chang ToDie (33.6k) <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> wrote:
I usually removed most SCSI and network card drivers. If you could
reduce the kernel size to about 1 Mbytes, then you don't need a initrd
image.

I'm ashamed to admit that I don't know that much about initrd. I don't
use it (I don't think--no mention of it in lilo.conf--I just build the
few drivers necessary to boot into the kernel), and my kernel is well
over 1 MB compressed.

What's the size limit about?

In the old days there was a 2M limitation on the size of the kernel.

In the old days it had to fit in low ram (between 0x3c00(iirc) and 0xA0000)

Bye.
Jasen
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Man-wai Chang ToDie (33.6
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 1:27 pm    Post subject: Re: kernel 2.6.27 is a disaster Reply with quote
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Right there is a direct quote of what you said. You *clearly* stated that
if you reduce the kernel to about 1Mb, you don't need an initrd. That
statement is absolutely wrong, and you can't twist it any other way.

I spoke from my memory of the days of Caldera OpenLinux, before Caldera
got killed by SCO.


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Like I said, run along and play with your toy "operating system", you
drooling Win-droid. You don't know shit about Linux, and never will.

GAME-droid, Monk Dan! GAME-droid... I am waiting for the days when we
could make Linux a DirectX game console.... :)

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