On Wed, 26 Jul 2000, Steven wrote:
> Glenn McCorkle wrote:
> >
> > If someone can figure-out a way to do a "single floppy"
> > Linux/Arachne: We got it made !
>
> Well, I'm pretty sure we could fit a stripped down Linux
> and all of the Arachne files onto a single floppy. But
> I'm don't think the SVGAlib/GGI stuff is going to fit.
> Perhaps they could be (should be?) stripped down, but I
> wouldn't know where to start. I've never used SVGAlib
> or GGI before, so they are a mystery to me.
They are both like 200-300 KB in size.
> IMHO the first step to a compact Linux+Arachne is to get
> it running on the 2.0 kernel and libc5 (which are quite
> a bit lighter than 2.2/glibc2).
Hmm, 2.0 kernel is said to be ok, but I have to build separate binary for
libc5...
Still ,havingin minimized version of Arachne+2.2kernel+glibc2.1, would be
nice. If it is two or three floppy based, instead of one, it doesnt really
matter ;)
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