barebones kernel:where to look

Hello: I started working on a barebones kernel for the server I am running on from something someone else had and it seems to be going good. I would like to take a good clean kernel and use it for my netbook, but I'm not really sure what the essentials are and what can be disabled. Basically I want it to be as small as possible with minimal module overhead. Has anyone else done something like this for a netbook or perhaps something else I could borrow? Is there somewhere where I can dig deeper into the specifics of the kernel configuration? Any ideas here would be really appreciated. -- Take care, Ty http://tds-solutions.net He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a fool; he that dares not reason is a slave.