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From: Paul Griffith <paulg@interlog.com>
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Subject: boot -c vs. a customer kernal
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Am I correct to assume that when I use the '-c' option at boot to disable
unused drivers that the drivers are still in memory, just not used ? Now
if I  make a custom kernal with those drivers commented out, my kernel
should use less memory, but will it be any faster ?


Paul Griffith - paulg@interlog.com