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See my comments below.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Thomas [mailto:ri...@th...]
> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 1:13 PM
> To: Blake, Stephen
> Subject: Re: [Trinux-talk] Re: RE:Kernel for Adaptec
>
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> I have all the drivers, the question is how to get it to
> work. I'm still kind of new to this type of work. Supposedly,
> I just have to place the modules (.o files) on the boot
> floppy. However, there is not enough room on the boot floppy.
The way we do it is run everything off a server. That way, you just
have to carry around one floppy with you. Just put up an anonymous
ftp server with all the packages you want. Check out the docs on the
trinux site on how to load new packages, and where it looks for them
on the server. It's all there and it's pretty straightforward. This
is REALLY slick if you can make it work in your environment.
The other alternative is, of course, to build a CD. I have no
experience at that, so I'm afraid I'm no help to you there. :(
> I would love to compile a kernel with the modules I need, but
> I do not yet know how to do that. Any idea where there is
> good info on doing that?
Well, there are lots of resources on compiling a kernel from scratch.
I think Matt has the config file that he uses for the kernel on the
site somewhere. You could take that config file and use it as a
starting place. Here's some info to get you started compiling
kernels:
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO.html
Particularly sections 2 through 5. Section 10 talks about modules,
that might be worth looking at too.
I would avoid compiling the driver into the kernel, if possible,
though. Using a module is much more flexible.
> I learn very quick. The ntfs support
> is so I can take a look at the partition before I create the
> bit-copy.
Right. That is handy sometimes.
> Rich
Stephen
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