Advantages of trimmed kernel?

[Jonathan Horne]

On Sunday 10 December 2006 09:19, Lane wrote:
> Suppose that as a stop-gap measure you pull
> an old isa nic from out of the closet, install it, and then boot the
> server ... only to realize that your nic is not supported by the kernel
> that you dutifully trimmed.
>
> I think it is especially important to keep the kernel as flexible as
> possible, since you may have to install the OS on any given machine without
> the luxury of recompiling.

lane, i think thats a really good way to look at it.  flexibility can truly be 
a key of utmost importance when it comes to disaster recovery.

cheers,
jonathan