Xref: utzoo comp.sys.att:12303 comp.unix.sysv386:8283 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!mintaka!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!mcsun!ukc!axion!delluk!holly!tim From: tim@dell.co.uk (Tim Wright) Newsgroups: comp.sys.att,comp.unix.sysv386 Subject: Re: Boot floppy Message-ID: Date: 21 May 91 08:09:12 GMT References: <1991May16.204553.15894@mccc.edu> <1991May18.010422.15059@virtech.uucp> Sender: usenet@delluk.uucp (Usenet posting login) Organization: Dell Computer Corp., Bracknell, UK Lines: 22 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