At 07:42 PM 1/24/03 +0000, you wrote: >Although the BL2 kernel is larger than BL1, it >actually occupies less memory after it is booted: >-------------------------------------- >Slack81 bare.i (2.4.18) kernel 2820kb >Slack71 bare.i (2.2.16) kernel 2088kb >BasicLinux 2.0 (2.2.16) kernel 1600kb >BasicLinux 1.8 (2.0.34) kernel 1668kb >--------------------------------------
Interesting. >Because the BL2 kernel has a smaller footprint than >BL1, the ramdisk version of BL2 will probably run OK >in 8mb RAM. The only cloud on the horizon is the BL2 >libraries (glibc2.1) -- they are so much larger than >the BL1 libraries (libc5) that I'll need to do some >heavy trimming somewhere. At this stage, I'm planning >on dropping all the vgalib stuff and IP masquerading. This means BL2 will only have svgalib? >I'll probably also need to use more mini-binaries (like >the busybox versions of ftp and telnet). However, the >full versions of bash, links and nano will remain -- >they are too important to trim. Busybox is good for me. I've forgotten, what is 'nano'? A game? 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
