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Can someone explain how to change the kernel in FD BL3.50, or add nomce 
when booting with lilo?

> Can you use standard BL3.50 modules with 2.2.27 kernel?
> insmod -f module.o   ???

> I want to make two PI kernels:
>
> 1)  A small one for 2-floppy BL3:
>
> without SYSCTL - this makes a /proc/sys - what do we need it for?
> without SYSVIPC - used by dosemu
> with VFAT built-in

Adds 10K if you already have FAT.

> Are the first two really needed?
(I don't think omitting them saves much space).

> xfbdev and the vesafb kernel add about 100K each so something might need
> to go on a third floppy disk for a floppy version, which I will not
> attempt right now.  I could leave out VGA console support and use
> framebuffer instead, but that uses 60K more memory while saving 30K disk
> space.  Omitting loop would save some space, also games and man pages.
I use loop a lot but without losetup.  Seems to work.

I unzipped and mounted -o loop the two floppy disk BL3.50 files.

disk1 - I cannot find the kernel in disk1.gz so as to replace it, and I 
don't know how to set up lilo on this disk to boot nomce.  I need to do 
one or the other to make BL3 floppy work with nomce machines such as 
Compaq Armada.  Replacing the kernel with 2.2.27 could add framebuffer 
support for better/more text and xfbdev X.  PLEASE HELP.

100K can be freed for a larger framebuffer kernel by deleting:
76K pmail
30K readmail
(Not needed if you use webmail or a shell account for mail)
12K e3vi (use e3pi instead)

disk2 -

delete mgp to free up 180K

xfbdev is 100K larger than Xvesa

I could make a laptop-specific disk2 by deleting ne2k-pci and ne (18K), 
and adding more pcmcia modules such as 3c589_cs.o and the airo modules 
(68K) - 50K additional, and use the disks in newer laptops by bringing my 
own cards.

Compaq Armadas have lucent modems built-in but that would add over 400K.

Sindi