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From: brian@cbw1.UUCP (Brian Cuthie)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport
Subject: Re: Ramdisk usage on V/386
Message-ID: <124@cbw1.UUCP>
Date: 23 Dec 88 16:36:52 GMT
References: <176@wa3wbu.UUCP> <6515@killer.DALLAS.TX.US>
Reply-To: brian@cbw1.UMD.EDU (Brian Cuthie)
Organization: CBW, Columbia, MD 21046
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In article <6515@killer.DALLAS.TX.US> elwiz@killer.Dallas.TX.US (Chert Pellett) writes:
>
>	[concering the ram disk]  Anyone got a way to get it out of the kernel?
>I would like to save the 32K that it uses for something useful..
>(If you can make it bigger, it might be worthwhile.)  I assume that
>it was put in to allow U-Port to boot from a write-protected floppy, and
>then it wasn't elminiated from /etc/atconf like one would expect.
>
>	(In other words: what module do I remove? Any problems removing it?)
>
>	-- Chert Pellett


You can remove the "ramd" entry from your system file.  If you edit the
system.std configuration, you need only type "mkunix" to make a new kernel.
The new kernel will be in /etc/atconf/kernels.  It will be named unix.std.x
where x is some number.  If there is more than one, use the one with the
highest value for x.  Move /unix to /unix.old, then move the new kernel to
/unix.

You should perform this procedure in single user mode and reboot as soon as
you are done.  It is best to make a copy of your default system.std file
before you hack it up.

-brian
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Brian D. Cuthie                                 uunet!umbc3!cbw1!brian
Columbia, MD                                    brian@umbc3.umd.edu