[debian-knoppix] LPP was: Re: knoppix don't find my graphiccard
On Fri, 06 Dec 2002 01:39, Klaus Knopper wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 12:48:30AM +1300, Eaden McKee wrote:
> > Speaking of frame-buffer mode, I am working on intergrating the lpp patch
> > into knoppix. The lpp patch ( http://lpp.freelords.org/ - outdated
> > website.. ) adds a framebuffer progress bar to the bootup.
>
> Nice. How many bytes does it add to the kernel or the bootfloppy? If
> your answer is "0", and it is stable also on non-framebuffer cards,
> I'm willing to think about it. ;-)
Unfourtunally it does add some size to the kernel. I can see it is a very
tight fit! To get my boot floppy to fit, I had to remove scsi modules, not a
very good solution for knoppix... I also tried isolinux, which has no size
limitations, and it works fine, but then you can't boot with a boot floppy.
I think one solution is to make a scsi boot.img and a non-scsi boot.img.. and
use isolinux for the cd ( which has no size limitations ). I think it would
be pushing it to have all hardware supported in one 1.44 boot.img into the
future, esp as more hardware is being added all the time, and I would think
2.6 would be even bigger.
On non-framebuffer cards you'd have to add "nolpp" or something to the boot
prompt ( which will equate to "vga=normal" in syslinux.cfg ).
I will keep working on it and see how it goes.
Best Regards
Eaden McKee
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