Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 10:39:23 +0100 (CET) From: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@info.iet.unipi.it> To: Michael G Hughes <mghughes18@icdc.com> Cc: small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: some picobsd things Message-ID: <199912160939.KAA13499@info.iet.unipi.it> In-Reply-To: <199912152343.SAA16656@ns6.icdc.com> from Michael G Hughes at "Dec 15, 1999 06:50:14 pm"
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> >For #1, it appears that we can save gzipped versions of these files > >on the floppy, and the loader is happy to read them without any problem > >so i would suggest for post-3.4R the above change to the "stage1" script. > >This saves some 15-20KB i think > > Why not have them processed into a tokenized form? That should save > space... because i dont want to reinvent the wheel with a specific compression algorithm (tokenized form) when it would only give me 5% savings over a generic gzip thing that is already supported. I want something quick and easy not something perfect. cheers luigi To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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