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- Path: sparky!uunet!unislc!erc
- From: erc@unislc.uucp (Ed Carp)
- Subject: Re: Some considerations when making a new Linux kernel
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- References: <1993Jan23.111158.26550@athena.mit.edu>
- Message-ID: <1993Jan24.005436.578@unislc.uucp>
- Organization: Unisys Corporation SLC
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 00:54:36 GMT
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- Mario Guerra (MGUERRA%UCRVM2.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu) wrote:
-
- : One should be careful of checking some parameters in the general Makefile:
- :
- : - Check the root filesystem. The default is /dev/hdb1.
- : - Check the VGA MODE. I have a normal VGA card and the first time Linux
- : asked for a SVGA mode....
- : - Check the RAMDISK line. If you want a RAM disk, uncomment the line.
- : - Check the KEYBOEARD you want to use.
-
- Also, make sure that the lines in mm/memory.c that bomb processes that write
- to code space are commented out (look for SEGV) if you are running uucp or
- certain releases of getty_ps. I have to do that, because the latest version of
- getty_ps I can find will thrash if I don't.
- --
- Ed Carp erc@apple.com, erc@saturn.upl.com 801/538-0177
- 1935 will go down in history. For the first time, a civilized nation has
- full gun registration. Our streets will be safer, our police more efficient,
- and the world will follow our lead into the future. --Adolf Hitler
-