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Date:      Fri, 18 Oct 2002 11:46:35 -0400 (EDT)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Sam Leffler <sam@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   RE: cvs commit: src/release/i386 dokern.sh
Message-ID:  <XFMail.20021018114635.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <200210171802.g9HI2R1Y072518@repoman.freebsd.org>

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On 17-Oct-2002 Sam Leffler wrote:
> sam         2002/10/17 11:02:27 PDT
> 
>   Modified files:
>     release/i386         dokern.sh 
>   Log:
>   Strip splash, tun, and COMPAT_FREEBSD4 from the config used to build
>   the BOOTMFS kernel.  These help reduce the kernel size so things fit
>   in a floppy image.  There are more low-hanging fruit to be had here
>   if things fail to fit again.

Note that the BOOTMFS kernel is not used when booting from CD, only
when booting off of kern.flp floppies, so we could tailor what we move
off it to cater to systems that don't have CD drives.

-- 

John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>  <><  http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/
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