Re: Lilo install too big error message [help]

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From: Andrew J Cosgriff
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 1997 00:00

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>>>>> "ajs" == Andrew Snare <ajs@silas.cc.monash.edu.au> writes:

ajs> Quite frankly though the kernel is getting quite bloated these
ajs> days, and it's far better to just compile everything except for
ajs> ext2 and ELF support as a module if possible, and use the kerneld
ajs> stuff to autoload modules on demand. Cheaper in terms of memory
ajs> too (maybe a bit slower sometimes).

initrd is useful for making even more things modules, for example SCSI
drivers that you need to use to mount additional partitions after the
root one.

Oh, and if you've got a panasonic/matsushitty CD-ROM drive, don't
bother making it a module, as each time kerneld loads the module it
has to find out what sort of drive it is, which takes forever - maybe
the persistent guff in 2.1.x fixes this, I wouldn't know.

Andrew
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From: Andrew J Cosgriff <ajc@bing.wattle.id.au>
Subject: Re: Lilo install too big error message [help]
Date: 1997/07/13
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