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Date:      Sat, 19 Jun 1999 11:27:05 -0600 (MDT)
From:      "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@plutotech.com>
To:        obrien@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 4GB dram
Message-ID:  <199906191727.LAA06370@panzer.plutotech.com>
In-Reply-To: <19990619010012.A10860@nuxi.com> from "David O'Brien" at "Jun 19, 1999 01:00:12 am"

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David O'Brien wrote...
> > You should be able to strip a kernel down enough to fit it on a floppy,
> > although you will have to specify some non-standard options.  Two options
> > that you'll want to use are:
> > 
> > options         SCSI_NO_SENSE_STRINGS
> > options         SCSI_NO_OP_STRINGS
> > 
> > That will disable SCSI sense code and op code description strings.
> 
> Removing everything related to SCSI would also do the same thing, right?

Yes, and it would also keep him from accessing any SCSI devices.  That may
or may not be a problem for him.

The other thing I should say is that those options are not for general
consumption.  They should only be used when you have to save space above
all else.

Ken
-- 
Kenneth Merry
ken@plutotech.com


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