At 03:50 PM 1/24/03 +0000, you wrote: >> I've been recently told the discussion of BL2 has >> moved to the 'other' survpc elist? Is this true? > >No, I'm still here. I made some comments on the other >list because the server on this list seemed to be dead >(for the second time since Christmas).
OK, understood. >BTW, since my last message, I've made an interesting >discovery which has changed my plans for BL2. Just as >a experiment, I removed the 486 optimization from the >kernel to see if it has any effect on size (plus or minus). >I was surprised to find that it has a big effect. The new >kernel is 13kb *smaller* than the 486 version. > >So, I've been playing with the new kernel for the last few >hours, and it works really well: fast booting with a small >footprint (in fact the footprint is actually smaller than >the old 2.0 kernel in BL1!). That means the BL2 ramdisk >is going to work on systems with 8mb RAM. (hooray!). Sounds great. I only have one 486 here and I expect it to be the next 'mortality'. Charles.Angelich "DOS Ghost" Tech Website : http://www.undercoverdesign.com/dosghost/ Music,Photos,Stories,etc. Website : http://www.undercoverdesign.com/dosghost/faf/ Default Browser HomePage : http://www.undercoverdesign.com/dosghost/homepage.asp To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
