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http://keesan.freeshell.org/bl/2.4.31/bzimlsfu.431
http://keesan.freeshell.org/bl/2.4.31/conflsfu.431

A 656K slightly smaller laptop kernel with USB storage, sb sound, and 
framebuffer support.  vfat built-in instead of modular.  loop modular, no 
ramdisk.  (Use with ext2 not loop or ramdisk BL).

The lsbf kernel is 672K.  It has modular vfat.  I like vfat because you 
can copy long-file-name linux files to DOS-formatted USB pen drives or 
floppy disks.

Compiled with help from a linux expert who stopped by for ripe pawpaws.

We omitted BSD Process Accounting, Sysctl Support (used to create 
/proc/sys) and System V IPC (used by DOSEMU) and everything still seems to 
work.


*******
 Steven, why did you include these other than for DOSEMU?
*******

We considered omitting VGA console but then you cannot ever boot without 
vesafb to use svgalib.

See http://keesan.freeshell.org/bl/2.4.31 for new modules.

loop.o for the smaller kernel.

parport_pc.o-1284, an improved parport_pc.o which supports 
IEEE 1284 ECP and EPP printer such as my Laserjet 6L and is supposed to be 
faster than the default.  I usually have to wait at least 30 sec for a 
page to start printing with the old module.

He said to omit all the sub-categories under USB-storage because nobody 
ever uses them any more.  (Like older CD-ROM drivers).

usb-storage.o-small is 32K and can be renamed and replace the original 56K 
usb-storage.o

Sindi Keesan