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From: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>
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Subject: compressed bootloader ?
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Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 21:50:14 +0100 (MET)
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Hi,

just happened to see that some linux netboot code uses a compressed ROM
image. Thinking about the size problem of the secondary boot loader
(7KB or so). gzipping the boot loader brings the size down from 7120 to
4496, so I believe that even adding some 5-700 bytes for the
uncompression code would give us some additional space (assuming there
is any use for it). Any taker ?

	Cheers
	Luigi