Re: [uml-user] Minimal UML Kernel Config File

[William S. <wst...@po...>]

On 1 Nov 2002, Larry Riedel wrote:

> 
> I am interested in a "minimal" UML kernel config file,
> by which I mean one which is "everything that's UML and
> nothing that's not", a kernel which has all UML-specific
> features enabled and usable, but which otherwise has the
> minimum Linux kernel features to get me to an init shell.
> 
> By "feature", I mostly mean something that would seem to
> make sense to "enable" or "disable", not something strict.
> For a feature which is multiple choice rather than just
> "enabled" or "disabled", it would be nice to know what is
> the impact of the various settings as they relate to UML.
> 
> Any suggestions or URLs?

	You could certainly get this yourself by simply compiling the 
kernel repeatedly and stripping options out each time until it stops 
working.
	Make sure you leave in, at the very least, your root filesystem 
type.
	Cheers,
	- Bill

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