Are older versions of grub not small enough? On Thu, Sep 14, 2023 at 1:09 PM BogDan Vatra <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello there, > > I'm trying to port grub to an ancient computer, an altos 386 series 1000 > [0] (nope is not using 80386 anymore, I upgraded it to 486 (using an 80486 > DLC + an 387 DX/DLC). > I managed to port the basics using the excellent porting guide from here > [1], but the results were a bit disappointing. > The problem is that altos memory is very limited (12MB total). Grub needs > to fit in 64KB, but right has over 67KB. > Are there any tricks to make it smaller ? I'd like to have it under 48KB if > possible. > > Thanks! > > Cheers, > BogDan. > > [0] > > http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/altos/386/Altos-386_Series_1000_Brochure_Nov88.pdf > [1] > https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub-dev/grub-dev.html#Porting >
