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["David Moberg" <davidjmoberg AT lycos.com>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "sindi keesan" <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>
 
> I compiled zimage.4dz based on Steven's standard BL3 (i386) kernel 
> config file since he did not post one for the 4dx.  I change 486 to 
> 486, answered N to FPU, and also to ide-cd and iso9660 (my computer 
> has no CD-ROM drive), and to ethernet.  Since I use English I 
> answered Y to 437 charset.

I have found that I don't need to select any charset if I merely
wish to use a Latin-character language.

> I added vfat because otherwise I need to mount -t msdos.
> 
> I had to ADD support for scsi (scsi_mod.o), sd (sd_mod.o), and 
> imm.o (I also added ppp.o in case anyone has a very old parport zip 
> drive).
> 
> The kernel which David used in the boot floppy for parport zip 
> drive was for pentium only.  David, was this BL3 or BL2 kernel?  
> BL2 kernel already supports imm.o, don't know if BL3 zimage.p1 also 
> does.

BL3. I still don't know why it wouldn't boot on your 486.

> So it would not work with our zip drive on a 486 laptop, to which I 
> wanted to transfer files via zip drive because it has no CD-ROM 
> drive.  I don't know if BL3 zimage.4dz supports zip drives (386 
> version does not).  Mine ought to.  
> http://keesan.freeshell.org/bl/zimage.4dz - 486 DX with parport zip 
> drive support).
> 
> My kernel is 436K without ethernet or CD-ROM module support, but 
> with vfat and four additional modules (scsi sd ppa imm) and 
> Steven's .4dx is
> 432K with the support.
> 
> I have been using plip to transfer files to this computer but it 
> messes up fs.img files.  So we split them to two floppy disks, but 
> our floppy drive is also not working well.  Another option would be 
> a PCMCIA ethernet card. I can buy a Xircom cheap and 2.2.16 has the 
> driver module zirc2ps_cs.o for the RE-100.  Has anyone on this list 
> used one already?
> 
> But we want to set up linux on three pentium laptops and copy from 
> the first to the others, and don't want to buy two cards.  The 
> parport zip drive is mobile.  We would need to transfer in 100MB 
> chunks.  Without the compiler, I now have about 150Mb of linux 
> files.  I could spend $15 for a used 250MB zip drive.  Or borrow 
> one.
> 
> Or we could use one ethernet PCMCIA card and transfer via a desktop 
> computer.
> 
> Other ideas?
> 
> On Sun, 15 May 2005, sindi keesan wrote:
> 
> > I compiled another P1 kernel (does both sound and imm this time 
> > and I added back most of the ethernet module support and posted 
> > it in case anyone wants it for mplayer or mpg123)
> >
> > http://keesan.freeshell.org/bl/zimage.sb
> >
> > and then tried to reduce it to a 486-DX kernel, starting with the 
> > same .config file but answering N to CD-ROM and ethernet and 
> > sound and the scsi not needed for parport zip (scsi_mod and 
> > scsi_sd).
> >
> > make clean
> >
> > make config
> >
> > make dep
> >
> > make
> >
> > It made a System.map file in the main directory of about 150K and 
> > then stopped, no error messages.  In /arch/i386/kernel I find 
> > lots of files ending in .c .o and .S and there are other 
> > /arch/i386 directories but not a /boot directory with zImage.
> >
> > I can start over using Steven's .4dx kernel .config instead but I 
> > am curious what went wrong with my .config.  Should I post the 
> > non-# parts of it? I tried three times with the same .config file
> >
> > A web search told me System.map was normal, but not why it stopped there.
> >
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