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> re: the files at http://keesan.freeshell.org/bl/2.4.31 -- which ones do I 
> need?
> There are lots of bzimage and bzimag files but which one to use? Also what
> about the modules, the one I guess I'd need would be
> modules-pcmcia-wireless-431.tgz
> but would extra non-pcmcia modules (e.g. for the cdrom, filesystem
> etc) be needed?

Try bzimagla.431, a 590K 2.4.31 kernel for laptop - look in configla.431 
to see what it supports and I can recompile it smaller if you don't need 
all the features.  I omitted sound support but can compile for Yamaha 
only (built-in or modular, the latter using less RAM when not in use).
No scsi support either.  USB via module.

The lm kernel has modular scsi support (in case you have a pcmcia scsi 
card).

The lc kernel is 556K and supports only ohci and not other USB (as 
modules) and did not work for someone with USB.  Since you have no USB, 
try it first if you have time.  If it works for you I can try to make it 
even smaller (omit floppy support, omit the support for modules for USB 
and parallel and serial and ramdisk, for some newer IDE controllers 
PIIx, for DMA if you don't have that at all, for scsi as modules, for 
the parport zip drives as modules, for ppp = modem).  I included 
wireless networking support in la (and probably lc).  I can omit serial 
mouse support, nfs support, sunrpc, lockd, nls (?).  I should be able to 
get this kernel under 500K for your Libretto.

The ISA support may be needed for pcmcia.

modules-la-nonpcmcia-431.tgz - a smaller package of modules omitting 
things not relevant to the laptop kernel such as sound and scsi.  Only 
copy over what you actually use to /lib/modules/2.4.31/misc .

modules-pcmcia-431.tgz - pick out what you need and put in 
/lib/modules/2.4.31/pcmcia

Sindi

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