Actually, it's because floppy drives are extremely slow. The kernel is
compressed on the hard drive, as well, but the HD is much faster than a
floppy drive.
On Tue, 17 Apr 2001, Lee Johnson wrote:
> when i try to boot linux from a floppy it takes a VEEEEEEEEEEEEERY long
> time.......much longer than say for example windows which is just
> moments..
>
> is their prolonged boot time from floppy due to fact that linux kernel
> is compressed ?????
>
> or is something not right with my floppy drive ....
>
> thanks:)
> lee
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