[BL] BasLinux Digest, Vol 118, Issue 3

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Guess I will answer my own question. Its the bzimage for Slackware 7.1.


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What is the correct bzimage or bzimage.big for bl2?
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[sindi keesan]

On Sat, 22 Feb 2014, ***@aol.com wrote:

> Guess I will answer my own question. Its the bzimage for Slackware 7.1.

bzimage.big is BL3 image (2.2.26 kernel) compiled with all the options.

> What is the correct bzimage or bzimage.big for bl2?

bl2 comes with kernel 2.2.16 from Slackware 7.1.

I compiled a bunch of 2.4.31 kernels for use with either BL,
along with modules, posted at http://keesan.freeshell.org/bl
http://keesan.freeshell.org/blfiles.htm lists info about them.

For laptops made since about 1997 I use bzimlafb.431 - with vesafb
framebuffer.

Framebuffer with fbcon and associated modules gives more lines on a page
in good lookingg text, in terminal, also mplayer -vo fbdev without x11.

As I posted recently, you can also borrow 2.4 kernels and modules from
another linux (they should be used as a set - same kernel number is not
enough).

Eventually I will figure out how to use the 2.6 kernel and modules.

Sindi Keesan

[Andriy Romanenko]

> Eventually I will figure out how to use the 2.6 kernel and modules.

Hello, what the advantages of using newer kernel? BL is used with low RAM machines. What minimum RAM requirements would be for 2.4 and 2.6?

[sindi keesan]

On Tue, 25 Feb 2014, Andriy Romanenko wrote:

>> Eventually I will figure out how to use the 2.6 kernel and modules.
>
> Hello, what the advantages of using newer kernel? BL is used with low RAM machines. What minimum RAM requirements would be for 2.4 and 2.6?

I would like to use modules compiled for 2.6 kernel, which are not
available for older kernels, with newer hardware such as wireless cards.

The kernel itself does not use much memory.

Sindi Keesan