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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

I have posted another 2.2.16 kernel identical to my older one that has 
scsi and framebuffer support but this one has scsi in the kernel instead 
of modules, for booting linux from a scsi drive.
http://keesan.freeshell.org/bl/bzimage.fsy (framebuffer-scsi-modules)

It was supposed to replace David's 2.4.31 kernel, for which mii.o network 
module is not working, for regular use.  (I would still use David's kernel 
for usb storage).

We were going to try this kernel in a 'new' 650MHz motherboard which a 
list member kindly sent us, into which we put scsi card and 9G scsi drive, 
but it only boots when it feels like it, and then they keyboard stops 
responding after a while.  It boots fine if you remove the PS/2 keyboard. 
If a USB keyboard is ever given to us we will use it with Steven's 'big' 
2.2.26 usb-scsi kernel, which supports USB keyboards and everything else I 
can imagine using and is still smaller than a 2.4.31 kernel.

Another former list member sent SW10.2 so I ought to attempt to compile my 
own mii.o using the 2.4.31 kernel source which I hope is on CD-1.
Can I compile just that one module rather than make zImage make modules, 
using David's config file with mii set to module?

Running Linux claims the limiting factor in compiling a kernel is the 
amount of RAM and it will go slowly if you have 4MB or less but cpu speed 
is irrelevant. I think they got it backwards.  It used 1.8% of my 256MB 
RAM and 93% of my 500MHz cpu.  Compilation is twice as fast as on the 
233MHz.

Sindi