Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 18:21:42 +1000 From: "Doug Young" <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au> To: "Juha-Matti Liukkonen" <jml@cubical.fi>, <chad@DCFinc.com> Cc: <freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: functional differences between variants Message-ID: <001a01c0ad28$f83517a0$817e03cb@apana.org.au> References: <200103150119.SAA09475@freeway.dcfinc.com> <3AB07A5F.B6A19F76@cubical.fi>
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Designing that stuff is a bit beyond my level of comprehension :) If I get a custom build to run at all I'll be happy .... at the rate FreeBSD 4.3 is downloading it will be next week before I can even try. Maybe oneday we'll have DSL or something in OZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Juha-Matti Liukkonen" <jml@cubical.fi> To: <chad@DCFinc.com> Cc: "Doug Young" <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au>; <freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 6:16 PM Subject: Re: functional differences between variants > Hi, > > talking of squeezing bits, bzip2 can stuff the kernel and filesystem > images into quite a bit smaller space than gzip, giving maybe an extra > 200 KB on the floppy. I don't think it would be too difficult to make > /boot/loader to support kernel.bz2 as well; libbz2.a comes with the > bzip2 port and is quite simple to use. > > - Juha > > "Chad R. Larson" wrote: > > > > As I recall, Doug Young wrote: > > > Also, is there a reason why picoBSD development still appears to be > > > concentrated on older versions of FreeBSD instead of something in the > > > 4.x line ?? > > > > The kernel in the 4.x line is considerably larger than 2.2.x or > > 3.5.x, and has some features (like improved SMP support) that is of > > little use for Pico systems. When you're trying to smoosh stuff > > down to fit on a floppy, every little bit (byte?) counts. > > > > -crl > > -- > > Chad R. Larson (CRL15) 602-953-1392 Brother, can you paradigm? > > chad@dcfinc.com chad@larsons.org larson1@home.com > > DCF, Inc. - 14623 North 49th Place, Scottsdale, Arizona 85254-2207 > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message > > -- > Juha-Matti Liukkonen, Cubical Solutions Ltd > Phone: +358(0)405280142 > Email: jml@cubical.fi > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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