Re: kernel config, sound, expandtomsrtbt

> ... lacks 'CONFIG_PACKET' ... nmap fails without it ...

> Also, there is no 'CONFIG_SYSVIPC'; which prevents cdda2wav...

> Oh, I also wrote a quick 'install2hd' script ...

> Would it be possible for you to generate sound modules?

> ... mp3rip,mp3play,e3,nmap,thttpd, quake

> :) etc.) are rather specialised (especially for a rescue floppy)

To put it mildly...

> ... could be overcome with little size-creep...

So far, none of these things fits with the design philosophy in the FAQ, not even
enough to add a single byte, really.

I hate to tell you, but tomsrtbt is intended for system recovery and administration,
emergency rescue and fixing.  I explicitly do zero nothing and nada for routing, or
sound, or hard drive installs.  I try to refer people to the other mini distributions
such as MuLinux, or LRP, when they try to go in these directions.

Sound, nmap, cdda2wav, installing to hd; are all intentionally not supported, even,
I would say, mildly discouraged.  No, that is too strong- I guess that slightly
ridiculed is too strong, too.  I'll just say that it is with mild amusement that I
do not support these things.

The most recent version does have a teensy httpd, included in the default, intended
to make it easy to transfer files from the tomsrtbt machine to another machine.

You will *definitely* have to do the kernel work yourself, and there won't be a
single byte of size creep in the default for any of these things (except, the af_net
will probably eventually get in there, because I plan to just do all modules, and,
the sysv_ipc may be needed for other things at some point, but, all of this is *WAY*
down the priority list...).

> I would dive in myself; but kernel-source is large & my little P75 might take a little while to make dep... :)

Ah well, patience is a good thing...

-Tom