From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 10 23: 0: 5 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from andrsn.stanford.edu (andrsn.Stanford.EDU [171.66.112.163]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA12B37B417 for ; Mon, 10 Dec 2001 23:00:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (andrsn@localhost.stanford.edu [127.0.0.1]) by andrsn.stanford.edu (8.9.3/8.9.1) with ESMTP id WAA93610; Mon, 10 Dec 2001 22:50:17 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 22:50:17 -0800 (PST) From: Annelise Anderson To: Rohit Panda Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: creating a minimal kernel(by recompiling it) In-Reply-To: <20011210210508.46121.qmail@web12803.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 10 Dec 2001, Rohit Panda wrote: > hi, > iam recompiling my kernel to create a minimal kernel > which along with initrc and the root FS should fit in > a floppy.IS it possible to create a freebsd kernel > that way.i configured freebsd but the minimum as 1.5M > (i had n/w and sound support and other general > things).I think its loading all the drivers(dont know > whether modular or inbuilt,because if its modular then > it wont affect the kernel) and the same thing for > sound.If iam removing sound then i get 1.3M.but its > still very high and i want sound.whats the way to get > a even smaller kernel(somewhere around 700 - 800 k) > and please mention it how to go about it.i have gone > through lots of documentation but all say about the > config file and i tried with that but not getting > it.Is it that iam missing something.please let me > know. > > any help will be highly appreciated. > > thanx in advance > rohit have you looked into picobsd? Booting FreeBSD from a single floppy was the objective of this project. Annelise -- Annelise Anderson Author of: FreeBSD: An Open-Source Operating System for Your PC Available from: BSDmall.com and amazon.com Book Website: http://www.bittreepress.com/FreeBSD/introbook/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message