Re: Bootint big kernels was Re: VI reasons (was Re: Base Set: Suggested additions & removals.)

[Michael Stone <mstone@itri.loyola.edu>]

Quoting Dale Scheetz (dwarf@polaris.net):
> Another solution is the one that slackware provides. They build a "bunch"
> of kernels, each one for a specific hardware configuration (broad enought
> to cover a range of hardware, and chosen to keep incopatibly drivers out
> of the picture {like the wd9000 driver that plonks ethernet cards})

And one of slackware's biggest flaws is the hoard or new users that
can't figure out which kernel to use.

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