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authorThomas Bushnell <thomas@gnu.org>1997-05-14 00:08:01 +0000
committerThomas Bushnell <thomas@gnu.org>1997-05-14 00:08:01 +0000
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@@ -182,9 +182,7 @@ Say `./MAKEDEV dev1 dev2 dev3 ...'.
Supported devices are:
o any hard disk device you have; you must specify both unit number *and*
partition. Something like `sd0a' or `hd1f' is called for. Unit
- number without any partition names the entire disk. (SETUP has
- already created a device for the entire disk holding your boot
- block, if you gave it that information.)
+ number without any partition names the entire disk.
o floppy disk drives, give something like `fd0' or `fd1'.
o hardwired terminals, something like `com0' or `com1'.
@@ -286,6 +284,16 @@ Edit resolv.conf to provide for name service appropriate to your
location.
+*** build a smaller kernel
+
+As an optional step, you can build a smaller kernel. The distributed
+kernel is quite large, because it includes a great many device
+drivers. If you fetch the gnumach distribution, you can build a
+kernel with only the device drivers you actually need. This will make
+bootstrapping faster, and also take less memory when the system is
+running, and result in a faster system in general.
+
+
Once you've completed these steps, you can reboot the system multi
user. Enjoy!