Re: tlug: Kernel rebuild problem

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull@example.com>]

>>>>> "Chris" == Christopher Sekiya <wileyc@example.com> writes:

    Chris> On Tue, 29 Sep 1998, Scott Stone wrote:
    >> that way above still works, unless you NEED an initrd, which is
    >> only if you boot from SCSI.

    Chris> Oh?  Compile in scsi disk support as NOT a module, and
    Chris> things are good.

    Chris> I don't believe in modules.  I tolerate them when I deal
    Chris> with PnP hardware, but I see no reason for them in any
    Chris> other context.

<ATTADUDE FLAME=LOW>
Assume, hypothetically, that there was a good reason for the activity
that Scott is gainfully employed to do:  producing distributions for
sale and installation on a wide variety of hardware.
</ATTADUDE>

Then I think it's nice to be able to eliminate all those redundant
drivers without recompiling the kernel.

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