pjh@mccc.edu (Peter J. Holsberg) (05/17/91)
Jon Ben Urban got me started, but now I need to find out what files on the boot floppy I made by copying disk #1 of the installation set can be rm'd -- my kernel is 900K! Can anyone lead me through the succession of programs that are executed on a cold boot? Thanks, Pete -- Prof. Peter J. Holsberg Mercer County Community College Voice: 609-586-4800 Engineering Technology, Computers and Math UUCP:...!princeton!mccc!pjh 1200 Old Trenton Road, Trenton, NJ 08690 Internet: pjh@mccc.edu Trenton Computer Festival -- 4/??-??/92
cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) (05/18/91)
pjh@mccc.edu (Peter J. Holsberg) writes: >Jon Ben Urban got me started, but now I need to find out what files on >the boot floppy I made by copying disk #1 of the installation set can be >rm'd -- my kernel is 900K! You dont specify which version of unix you are talking about, so it will be hard for someone to help. However, the first thing I would do for the boot floppy kernel is strip it and remove the #ident strings so that it is much smaller. The pieces of the OS on a boot floppy are usually the minimal set necessary to build the system, so you may not have much room to play with. -- Conor P. Cahill (703)430-9247 Virtual Technologies, Inc. uunet!virtech!cpcahil 46030 Manekin Plaza, Suite 160 Sterling, VA 22170
pjh@mccc.edu (Pete Holsberg) (05/20/91)
In article <1991May18.010422.15059@virtech.uucp> cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) writes:
=You dont specify which version of unix you are talking about, so it
=will be hard for someone to help.
Shucks, and I thought that *everyone* knew I run AT&T SV/386 R3.2.2! ;-)
Pete
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Prof. Peter J. Holsberg Mercer County Community College
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Internet: pjh@mccc.edu Trenton Computer Festival -- 4/??-??/92tim@dell.co.uk (Tim Wright) (05/21/91)
In <1991May18.010422.15059@virtech.uucp> cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) writes: >pjh@mccc.edu (Peter J. Holsberg) writes: >>Jon Ben Urban got me started, but now I need to find out what files on >>the boot floppy I made by copying disk #1 of the installation set can be >>rm'd -- my kernel is 900K! >You dont specify which version of unix you are talking about, so it >will be hard for someone to help. However, the first thing I would >do for the boot floppy kernel is strip it and remove the #ident >strings so that it is much smaller. Oh, and I suppose another thing that could be done is to remove unnecessary drivers e.g. serial and parallel port drivers assuming you haven't already done this. Tim -- Tim Wright, Dell Computer Corp., Bracknell | Domain: tim@dell.co.uk Berkshire, UK, RG12 1RW. Tel: +44-344-860456 | Uucp: ...!ukc!delluk!tim Smoke me a Kipper, I'll be back for breakfast - Red Dwarf