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- From: dsc3pzp@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil (Philip Perucci)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: Some considerations when making a new Linux kernel
- Message-ID: <C1DGHG.H3r@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil>
- Date: 24 Jan 93 18:53:39 GMT
- References: <1993Jan23.111158.26550@athena.mit.edu> <1993Jan24.005436.578@unislc.uucp>
- Organization: Naval Medical Research & Development Command
- Lines: 25
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- In article <1993Jan24.005436.578@unislc.uucp> erc@unislc.uucp (Ed Carp) writes:
- >Mario Guerra (MGUERRA%UCRVM2.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu) wrote:
- >
- >: One should be careful of checking some parameters in the general Makefile:
- >:
- >: - Check the root filesystem. The default is /dev/hdb1.
- >: - Check the VGA MODE. I have a normal VGA card and the first time Linux
- >: asked for a SVGA mode....
- >: - Check the RAMDISK line. If you want a RAM disk, uncomment the line.
- >: - Check the KEYBOEARD you want to use.
- >
- >Also, make sure that the lines in mm/memory.c that bomb processes that write
- >to code space are commented out (look for SEGV) if you are running uucp or
- >certain releases of getty_ps. I have to do that, because the latest version of
- >getty_ps I can find will thrash if I don't.
- >--
-
- Could you elaborate? I use getty_ps and have no problem. Still, if I can
- improve the kernel for my configuration...
-
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