>>>>> "Enrique" == Enrique Zanardi <ezanardi@ull.es> writes: Enrique> Without having spent too much time thinking about it, I Enrique> would say that adding support for raid0 may be just a Enrique> special case of a bigger problem, namely loading kernel Enrique> modules before mounting the /target partition, right? Yes, I guess so. Enrique> I would like a solution to the bigger problem, not just Enrique> having another special kernel with more things compiled Enrique> in (aghh, the bloat, the bloat...). Problem is, the kernel I made recently had basicly only the IDE/Floppy and SCSI drivers compiled in (and some quite a lot of FS, granted). That kernel was 950k... A 'minimum' kernel, would be about 700 to 800k... Not very much for a root disk. BUT, you only really need the boot floppy (the one with the kernel). The root and the modules floppy/-ies can be fetched from ether CDROM/NFS/TFTP/FTP etc, etc... You do have to have a means of getting the packages anyway. Enrique> Also I am still not impressed with the idea of having Enrique> separate boot and root floppies. I still think that with Enrique> a properly built initrd and a bare bones kernel we may Enrique> keep using just one rescue floppy and put everything else Enrique> on several drivers floppies. Sounds reasonable. You still need the SCSI/IDE/ext2 in the kernel, along with some network stuff... I'd like a kernel with masquerading etc compiled in, because _ALLOT_ of Linux machines IS working as firewalls/routers etc, and it would be good if our kernel (I don't think RH's does) supports that from the top. Entique> (I plan to spend some time Enrique> on that next week, when I finish this ... lab teaching Enrique> season). I have some patches that makes two driver floppies. The .../misc directory was moved to the second disk. That's stuff that is not needed at boot/install time anyway (joysticks etc, etc)... -- We are GNU. You will be GPL'ed. Resistance is futile. / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ Turbo Fredriksson <turbo@debian.org> ( D | e | b | i | a | n ) Debian Certified Linux Developer \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ Gothenburg/Sweden Please always Cc to me when replying to me on the lists. -- security Uzi $400 million in gold bullion Mossad Peking supercomputer kibo Qaddafi Nazi quiche FBI plutonium Semtex colonel Cocaine
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