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[David Moberg <davidjmoberg AT gmail.com>]

On 12/12/05, sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Dec 2005, David Moberg wrote:
> > I chose the biggest combination. You would save 10K in initrd.gz
> > by replacing hid.o with usbmouse and usbkbd.
>
> Does hid work better, or let you use additional human interface devices?

Yes. I think it supports any HID device.

> >> So I copied initrd.gz to /tmp and unzipped it there and mounted it to /hd
> >> and am looking in /modules right now.
> >>
> >> scsi_mod.o 83912 bytes
> >> sd_mod.o 15326
> >>
> >> Useful for booting from scsi drive,
> >
> > And also useful for using digital cameras.
> Which ones?

All mass storage digital cameras.

> >> and together with parport.o, parport_pc.o, and ppa.o or imm.o, for
> copying
> >> photos to zip drive and testing SCSI zip drive, and also maybe for
> testing
> >> USB CD-ROM drives (with sr_mod.o - about 22411 bytes) and USB scanners
> >> (sg.o -size?).
> >
> > 35228 bytes.
>
> >> Does the kernel support these last two?
> >
> > Yes.
>
> Would it be hard to set up a usb cd-rom drive using the scsi modules?

Not any harder than a camera.

> Or can I simply insert scsi_mod and sr_mod and mount /dev/sr0 (after I
> make it)?

Yes, but I don't remember if I included sr_mod in the last release. I
think I did not.

David