Some issues

[Thomas Lange]

>>>>> On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 15:39:34 +0200, Steffen Grunewald <steffen.grunewald at aei.mpg.de> said:

    > Please consider using this in your examples, too.
Will be made in the future.


    > Not in kernel, no module. Probably commented out by mistake?
    > (CONFIG_FS_XFS is set to "m" in kernel-config from fai-kernels 1.7.1)
xfs is on by default only in the 2.6 kernel from fai-kernel, not in the 2.4
kernel.

    > I'm now trying to figure out how to netboot an Alpha: the naked kernel
    > doesn't do the trick, and a boot floppy seems to be impossible (large
    > kernel, no boot loader). Any ideas from the list?
You can make the kernel smaller by removing unused network devices.
>From the README of fai-kernel:


How to save space on the boot floppy
------------------------------------
If you need a smaller kernel image to fit on a floppy disk, you can
remove some network drivers, that you don't need for booting and
mounting the nfsroot. If you have a math coprocessor, disable the math
emulation (nearly 80k). Here's a list for kernel 2.4.24 with the size
of some drivers.

20144 8139too.o
21564 pcnet32.o
21868 3c505.o
21932 dl2k.o
25292 natsemi.o
34040 3c59x.o
50187 tulip.o
55796 tg3.o
62936 serial.o
66484 e100.o
74244 typhoon.o
84056 e1000.o
165343 sk98lin.o

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regards Thomas