Michael Polak wrote:
>
> 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 ;)
I doesn't really matter unless you have a normal PC with only one or two
floppy drives. That third floppy would be hard to mount with only two
drives.
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