Yippee! Kernel down to 1.2MB

[hazel]

After a lot of compiling and recompiling, I have got my core kernel on Crux down to 1.2MB and the modules tree down to 2.2MB. Right now I'm rebuilding my Debian kernel using the same configuration file. I gave up the precompiled Debian kernel some time ago as it's bloated with stuff I don't need (everything but the kitchen sink and I bet that's there too somewhere if you look for it ).

I don't need an initrd any more either and, without it, my Debian boot time has gone down by 30%, though it's still nothing like as fast as Crux. I feel pleased with myself.

[GNU-Fan]

Is this month Ramadan for Linux or something?
I get the impression everybody has started creating his/her personal version of a slimmed down system the last couple of days. Even I have started working on a minimal system on a USB stick recently.

[Lakshmipathi]

After a lot of compiling and recompiling, I have got my core kernel on Crux down to 1.2MB and the modules tree down to 2.2MB. Right now I'm rebuilding my Debian kernel using the same configuration file. I gave up the precompiled Debian kernel some time ago as it's bloated with stuff I don't need (everything but the kitchen sink and I bet that's there too somewhere if you look for it ).

I don't need an initrd any more either and, without it, my Debian boot time has gone down by 30%, though it's still nothing like as fast as Crux. I feel pleased with myself.

Cool,Hazel I found trimming down less than 1.9 MB a difficult task...since it missing some modules which i needed... just 1.2MB amazing

Then can you post a link of your image and config file? I might use it for minili -
(Im looking for kernel image with built-in support for network )Does it support networking ?

Is this month Ramadan for Linux or something?
I get the impression everybody has started creating his/her personal version of a slimmed down system the last couple of days. Even I have started working on a minimal system on a USB stick recently.

Yes,I hear everyone (including myself ) is using creating their own small linux...

Even I have started working on a minimal system on a USB stick recently.

Cool..I made a failed attempt to creat USB image (using mkisofs+mkfat) last month....if you succeed let me know your linux and methods used

Yippeeee!!! Looks Soon every linux user will run their own custom linux ...
named after them something like Hazel linux ,laks linux etc etc ....

[GNU-Fan]

Cool..I made a failed attempt to creat USB image (using mkisofs+mkfat) last month....if you succeed let me know your linux and methods used

I don't think it is possible to create a single image that fits all USB sticks, as they differ in size.
You need to create the MBR an each stick and all necessary files on it. At least that's how I did it, with SYSLINUX as the bootloader.

[Lakshmipathi]

Acutally I tried something like creating 2 partition - partition-1 for fat with syslinux and partition-2 for ext3 and root fs....but I missed something somewhere..so while booting it shows an error message like "can't found root fs to mount..tried ext3,iso9600 ..."

Let me know ,once you have completed it

[GNU-Fan]

Acutally I tried something like creating 2 partition - partition-1 for fat with syslinux and partition-2 for ext3 and root fs....but I missed something somewhere..so while booting it shows an error message like "can't found root fs to mount..tried ext3,iso9600 ..."

Let me know ,once you have completed it

I didn't succeed at making a standalone FAT partition the root filesystem. I concluded that this was because FAT doesn't have support for device nodes. Therefore, there is no USB device node known to the system and hence the filesystem of the stick cannot be mounted. (This is only my theory, so take it with a grain of salt)

So I created a initial ramdisk (initrd.gz) in which all necessary applications are. Current state is that kernel boots and hands over control to a shell (sash) from which I can start additional applications. (0.46 seconds to boot, yippie.)

[Lakshmipathi]

(0.46 seconds to boot, yippie.)

that's more like a speed of light ...great post your urls too I'll be glad to check it out...

[hazel]

Cool,Hazel I found trimming down less than 1.9 MB a difficult task...since it missing some modules which i needed... just 1.2MB amazing

Then can you post a link of your image and config file? I might use it for minili -
(Im looking for kernel image with built-in support for network )Does it support networking ?

Read more carefully! This isn't a monolithic kernel like yours; there's 2.2 MB of modules to go with it. Also it isn't general-purpose like a distro kernel would have to be; it only supports my actual hardware. But here's the config file if you want it. And yes, it does have networking. I'm using this kernel right now.

[Freston]

My compliments Hazel!

You may be 'just' an old lady, but you could dazzle us with jargon

[Lakshmipathi]

But here's the config file if you want it. And yes, it does have networking. I'm using this kernel right now.

thanks hazel,I'll check this out ...