From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Sep 14 13:50:18 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from clmboh1-smtp1.columbus.rr.com (clmboh1-smtp1.columbus.rr.com [65.24.0.110]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62E5E37B407 for ; Fri, 14 Sep 2001 13:50:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from jonathan (dhcp065-024-200-086.insight.rr.com [65.24.200.86]) by clmboh1-smtp1.columbus.rr.com (8.11.2/8.11.2) with SMTP id f8EKiFo24578 for ; Fri, 14 Sep 2001 16:44:15 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <200109142044.f8EKiFo24578@clmboh1-smtp1.columbus.rr.com> Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 16:49:49 -0400 To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org From: Jonathan Lyster Subject: Re: Obsolete MINI kernel on handbook? X-Mailer: Opera 5.12 build 932 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 9/14/2001 16:30:36, Nuno Teixeira 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depend; make` can't compile the mini kernel because it is obsolete.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