On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 06:36:41PM +1000, Glenn McGrath wrote: > Size may be more of an issue under the Hurd as well, for linux will are > aiming to get the kernel and core components onto 1 floppy. uClibc helps > a lot under linux, it saves a few hunder kB compared to glibc.
I haven't paid attention to boot floppies much, but if it's that big of a problem, should we simply bootstrap from Linux? Put a Debian GNU/Linux bootfloppy that untar's a Hurd base*.tgz, installs grub, reboots into Hurd. Tks, Jeff Bailey
