From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 30 23:10:43 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id XAA23551 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 30 Aug 1996 23:10:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts6-line16.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.46]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA23546 for ; Fri, 30 Aug 1996 23:10:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id XAA00431; Fri, 30 Aug 1996 23:10:43 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 23:10:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: "Brian J. McGovern" cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PCVT vs. syscons and userconfig In-Reply-To: <199608301936.PAA02097@spoon.beta.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 30 Aug 1996, Brian J. McGovern wrote: > Quick question. I am trying to create the smallest kernel possible > for inclusion on a bootable floppy. Right now, I'm supporting > the floppy drives, a 3C509 card, a match coprocessor, a serial port, > and not much else. I'm wondering which is smaller: PCVT or syscons? > Also, is there a way to drop the user-config module of the kernel? (again, > trying to save space when I can get away with it). I'm running the 2.2 > SNAP, BTW. Check out Handbook section 10.5.9.5, " Emergency Restore Procedure ". Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major