#include <hallo.h> * Donald R. Spoon [Sun, Nov 17 2002, 06:31:16PM]: > I just had to go through this here, so I had better reply while it is > "fresh" in my rather ancient mind! <grin>. > > The 2.4.18-bf2.4 kernel is a "special" kernel that has been stripped of
Please? It is the most fat kernel. > a lot of stuff so it will fit on a boot-floppy for install purposes. > Several of the more basic drivers are compiled into the kernel, it isn't > set up to use initrd, and modules not needed for installation have been Please? How do you think the boot-floppies should work without initrd? > removed. In lots of circumstances it will NOT be suitable for long-term > use beyond the initial install, as you have found out. Please? I was working for a long time with this kernel. Only the "fun stuff" like Joystick drivers or IPv6 is stripped. > pre-compiled kernel-image debs will be a bit faster for you. I used the > "kernel-image-2.4.19-686 package out of "testing", but I believe you > will only get a 2.4.18 package if you stick to "Woody" or "Stable". Benchmarks, Watson, gimme benchmarks... Gruss/Regards, Eduard. -- |>Manche Leute siggen auch jeden Scheiß. |Das ist so gut, daß man es gleich wiederholen und .siggen muß. |(Volker Mueller in detebe) [Dieter Brügmann zu Maruni in dag°] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
