Re: APUS Debian Boot-Floppies Images and bugs

[Geert U. <ge...@li...>]

On Wed, 16 May 2001, Michel D=E4nzer wrote:
> Sven LUTHER wrote:
> > > I am trying to understand why...
> > > For an 880k floppy the space problem makes impossible to do it.
> > > But i wish to be contraddicted... :))
> >=20
> > Well, we could split the kernel in 2 and join it in ram: before launc=
hing
> > it. Or we could try for a less than 880Ko modular kernel, but i have =
not big
> > hopes on this one.
>=20
> I am experimenting, and it looks promising. I basically moved everythin=
g
> except video and disk drivers to modules and here's what it gives so fa=
r:
>=20
> michdaen@pismo> gzip -cv9 vmlinux > vmapus.gz               ~/src/apus-=
cvs/2.4
> vmlinux:		 60.1%
> michdaen@pismo> ll vmapus.gz                                ~/src/apus-=
cvs/2.4
> -rw-r--r--    1 michdaen src        888321 May 16 19:49 vmapus.gz
> michdaen@pismo> du -k vmapus.gz                             ~/src/apus-=
cvs/2.4
> 868	vmapus.gz
>=20
> Is this small enough? I guess I could squeeze out a few more K...

Probably not yet.

> Do we need support for foreign partition maps?

Not for installation.

> Do the fbcon packed pixels modules work?

Yes, but only for modular drivers.

I'd say include fbcon-afb (amifb), fbcon-cfb8 (gfx cards) and fbcon-cfb16
(gfx cards with amiboot -v).

You don't need fbcon-ilbm since amifb doesn't need it unless you use
video=3Damifb:ilbm.

You don't need fbcon-mfb since amifb will fallback to fbcon-afb/fbcon-ilb=
m for
depth 1 when fbcon-mfb is not available.

You don't need fbcon-cfb24 and fbcon-cf32 since no one wants to run an in=
stall
console in those depths anyway. I don't think you need it for half-suppor=
ted
gfx cards with amiboot -v, only depth 16.

> Do we need Minix fs support yet?

Not for installation.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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 that.
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