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- From: dnichols@ceilidh.beartrack.com (Don Nichols (DoN.))
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.3b1
- Subject: Re: Potential kernel mods...
- Message-ID: <1992Aug18.021335.391@ceilidh.beartrack.com>
- Date: 18 Aug 92 02:13:35 GMT
- References: <l8rdpnINNdq4@skat.usc.edu> <1992Aug16.195654.9330@ceilidh.beartrack.com> <1992Aug17.162950.883@uts.cc.wayne.edu>
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- In article <1992Aug17.162950.883@uts.cc.wayne.edu> rwilson@uts.cc.wayne.edu (Ron Wilson) writes:
- >In article <1992Aug16.195654.9330@ceilidh.beartrack.com> dnichols@ceilidh.beartrack.com (Don Nichols (DoN.)) writes:
- >>In article <l8rdpnINNdq4@skat.usc.edu> jlowrey@skat.usc.edu (John 'Fritz' Lowrey) writes:
- >>> Folks,
- >>> With there being a potential for at some access to the source for
- >>>our pet machine, I think that this would be an ideal time to consider a
-
- [ ... ]
-
- >>> My proposals are:
- >>>
- >[...]
- >>> = Maybe a leaner, meaner kernel without the TAM windowing.
- >>> I personally have hacked some things with this system (and I am
- >>> working on some others), but there are some with no need for the
- >>> code overhead (the MGR folks for instance).
- >>
- >> Again, make it an optional loadable device driver, if possible.
- >
- >I beleive the windowing already is a loadable driver - look at the begining
- >of /etc/rc; it appears to test whether windows is running and loads the
- >driver if not, then it reruns itself.
-
- You're right. Wind.o is it, and it is larger by a factor of two
- than any other driver which I have except the ethernet driver, which more
- than doubles the size of wind.o. So we could leave it out for a
- windows-free system, or one using mgr via the VIDPAL (If that ever gets back
- into production.)
-
- >Another peice of evidence: I once compared the /unix on a bootable floppy to
- >the /unix on the HD: they are the same. When booting from the floppy, you
-
- Ah! This makes it easier for someone without the distribution
- diskettes to build their own floppy boot disk and floppy filesystem.
- Excelent bit of information. I'll have to try making a boot floppy this way
- sometime. (I wonder if 3.51m will tolerate floppy-based readonly booting as
- does 3.51.) Most kernels throw a hissy fit if you try to boot from a
- write-protected device.
-
-
- Thanks
- DoN.
-
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