Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 10:16:31 +0200 From: Juha-Matti Liukkonen <jml@cubical.fi> To: chad@DCFinc.com Cc: Doug Young <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au>, freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: functional differences between variants Message-ID: <3AB07A5F.B6A19F76@cubical.fi> References: <200103150119.SAA09475@freeway.dcfinc.com>
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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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