Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 5 Dec 2000 06:11:58 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 5 Dec 2000 06:11:39 -0500 Received: from freya.yggdrasil.com ([209.249.10.20]:5523 "EHLO freya.yggdrasil.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 5 Dec 2000 06:11:32 -0500 From: "Adam J. Richter" Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2000 02:40:59 -0800 Message-Id: <200012051040.CAA03227@adam.yggdrasil.com> To: lgb@viva.uti.hu Subject: Re: Any good reason why these is so much memory "reserved"? Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org G?bor L?n?rt writes: >On Tue, Dec 05, 2000 at 02:18:59AM -0800, Adam J. Richter wrote: >> Recently, I have had occasion to build a system on a floppy >> for a 4MB machine that we use as a router. In the past, the kernels > >I've played with this too. You can't use ramdisk easily on such a system. [snip] We are using such a system and have been for years. If you'll reread my posting, you will see that it is about relatively recent changes to the kernel that apparently have broken this. Adam J. Richter __ ______________ 4880 Stevens Creek Blvd, Suite 104 adam@yggdrasil.com \ / San Jose, California 95129-1034 +1 408 261-6630 | g g d r a s i l United States of America fax +1 408 261-6631 "Free Software For The Rest Of Us." - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/