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  • From: Nick Jennings <nkj AT namodn.com>
  • To: sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] 1.0 iso suggestions
  • Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 13:01:19 -0700

On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 02:20:46PM -0500, Casey Harkins wrote:
>
> Have a couple of suggestions for future isos:
>
> 2) Do not include the isos kernel config
>
> The kernel configuration used to create the isos kernel is in
> image.tar.bz2 and therefore gets installed to /etc/sorcery/local. While
> I've gotten pretty quick at running through the kernel config menus and
> unchecking all of the devices that I don't have, it would make more sense
> to let the kernel start with a vanilla configuration.
>
> On a side note, PCMCIA cdrom support was not included in the last iso
> kernel which prevents me from installing my laptop from the cdrom. It gets
> to the menu where you can load modules, and the cdrom fails to work from
> then on without PCMCIA cdrom support.
>
>
> Anyone else have comments?

I would think it's better to have a fully modular kernel compiled, then
to *think* you have everything you want enabled, only to find for some
reason you're kernel isn't compiling, or some important device is not
enabled.





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