I've got Debian 2.2 mostly installed on an old laptop (486/50MHz, 8MB RAM, 325MB HD). Actually, this is the second install - the first got hosed by over-agressive hdparming. (I knew the risks... :-> )
Anyway, I've done a lot of things to conserve memory (reducing the number of VCs, etc.) but I want to put a slimmer kernel on there (e.g., no SCSI support, etc.) What I don't want to do is wait for that poor little machine to compile 2.2.17. (The install is painful enough... it swapped continuously all through it. "Please wait while modules are detected" ...go rake leaves... come back, select "parport_pc"... wait... "Install this module?" ...yes... go rake more leaves, and get ready for the suffering that is dselect...) So, I sic my K6-III 400 on the kernel source (configured for m486, of course) and copy it over. Set up lilo to boot it as an alternate, fire it up, and watch the kernel panic on boot. Even though I enabled loadable module support, none of the existing modules on the laptop would load, nor would the PCMCIA stuff happen. I suppose the modules were compiled with modversions or something. OK, anyway, how do I make a kernel on my desktop that will successfully boot on my laptop, and then add PCMCIA to it? This thing isn't very useful if I can't use my PCMCIA Ethernet card. If there's a good FM to R, I'll R it. Is there good kernel-package docs somewhere? Sincerely, Ray Ingles (248) 377-7735 [EMAIL PROTECTED] "An apple every eight hours keeps three doctors away." - B. Kliban
