Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 1 Jul 1996 18:20:42 +0100 (BST) | From | Bryn Paul Arnold Jones <> | Subject | Re: My wish for the next Linux-Release... |
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On Mon, 1 Jul 1996, Herbert Wengatz wrote:
> Hi there! > [...] > All these need their special support included into the kernel under > Linux. > > So, under Linux I'm currently forced not to use the SAMBA-fs, NFS, nor > may I use my Scanner and I feel like I'll get some troubles with > PPP via ISDN in my near future. I also can't install the sound-driver > with all features enabled... > > But I'd like to soon use SAMBA and NFS, since I'm building up a little > LAN at home, with the PC of my girlfriend and my old Sun 3/60. > > And there are some more features I'd like to use, like firewalling, > and, and, and... > > Can anybody give me hint, what I can do ? >
Yes, build your kernel with only the vital to boot drivers (root disk(ide/scsi), rootfs (ext2fs), and build everything else as modules, kerneld is very efficant, and you'll never want to go back ...
[...] > Regards, > > Herbert Bryn -- PGP key pass phrase forgotten, \ Overload -- core meltdown sequence again :( | initiated. / This space is intentionally left | blank, apart from this text ;-) \____________________________________
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