On the subject of things we can use at under 512KB. There is ELKS, a version of linux hacked for the 8086. A mininimal compile is only 32KB. And for about 64KB you can have a functional system, and this is before compression. It's not awesome but it is an option. http://www.elks.ecs.soton.ac.uk/ In truth I want to compare notes and see if I can find the bloat in the normal linux kernel, and something with a very similiar source tree that is noticeable smaller looks like a step in the right direction. Eric
