On Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 10:43:16AM -0500, ktb wrote: > >On Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 08:35:51AM -0700, Osamu Aoki wrote: > <snip> > > One reminder, 2.4 kernels are very modular and must be configured using > > modules otherwise most key functions do not work. > > I've got a 2.4.18 kernel with one module installed. Everything else is > static. I've seen no key functions that don't work. Which functions > are you talking about?
I should have said "Debian pre-compiled 2.4.18 kernels provided as kernel-image-2.4.18-386 etc.". Key functions such as network cards, netfilter, nfs, jbd, ext3, (I think scsi too), ... For jbd, ext3, and ext2, I activate them at boot time using initrd. /etc/mkinitr/modules conatins them. See mkinitrd(8). If course you can brew your own kernel using make-kpkg and go static. If machine is behind firewall, no-journal filesystem, no-cd-rw, no-scsi, single ethernet card, no sound, no framebuffer ... module will be one for network card. -- ~\^o^/~~~ ~\^.^/~~~ ~\^*^/~~~ ~\^_^/~~~ ~\^+^/~~~ ~\^:^/~~~ ~\^v^/~~~ +++++ Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, GnuPG-key: 1024D/D5DE453D . See "User's Guide": http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/users-guide/ See "Debian reference": http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ . "Debian reference" Project at: http://qref.sf.net . I welcome your constructive criticisms and corrections. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
