Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 16:49:49 -0400 From: Jonathan Lyster <jslyster@operamail.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Obsolete MINI kernel on handbook? Message-ID: <200109142044.f8EKiFo24578@clmboh1-smtp1.columbus.rr.com>
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9/14/2001 16:30:36, Nuno Teixeira <nuno.mailinglists@pt-quorum.com> wrote: >I cvsup docs for some time and today I tested the script: "Example 12-5. A >Script for Creating a Bootable Floppy" (/handbook/backup-programs.html) and I >noted that `make buildkernel KERNCONF=MINI` or the old way `config; make >depend; make` can't compile the mini kernel because it is obsolete. > >My opinion is that the handbook should be updated as much as possible, but if >anyone helps me finding a way of compiling this mini kernel then I'll be >very happy. I'm a relative newbie to the world of FreeBSD, so take my remarks in that context. I couldn't get the MINI kernel to compile either, so I gave up on it and tried a custom kernel of my own, stripped to the bare minimum. The smallest I could get is about 1.1meg, which, while small enough for a floppy, doesn't leave room for the additional files needed for a proper recovery diskette (which was my whole purpose for the exercise). I don't know enough about kernel compilation to strip it down further than that, alas. I can post my kernel source here if that's of any use to you... ============================== Look for "The Opera 5.x Book," available now from No Starch Press. http://www.nostarch.com "All of us are born right-handed; only the gifted overcome it." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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