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

On Fri, 19 May 2006 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> sindi keesan wrote:
> > > It's good (but accidental) that there is room on
> > > the second floppy for users to add an odd module.
> >
> > The 3c509 would not fit.
>
> I thought you said it did fit.  3c509.o = 9 kb
> Space on second floppy = 16 kb
>
> > Are there any other common ones that do fit?
I meant 3c59x would not fit, it is larger.  Typo. 
> wd.o = 7 kb
> smc-ultra.o = 7 kb
> plip = 13 kb
> eepro.o = 16 kb
ne.o gzips to half the size, so we could probably add something around 30K 
unzipped.

> > We could add resolv.conf and eznet.conf instead.
>
> You could add several by tarring them into a package and
> installing them with pkg.  Or (even better) untar disk2.tgz,
> edit out the stuff you don't want, add the stuff you do,
> tar it back into disk2.tgz and write it to the floppy.

Good idea, since I don't use ne or ne2k-pci or 8390 or even lp from the
floppy version.  I use it for file transfers and could really use the 
ethernet module.  I don't recall ever even using the floppy version with a 
CD-OM drive, which would free up lots of space.  resolv.conf and 
eznet.conf could also go on disk 2.


> Cheers,
> Steven
>
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