Re: bzip2 compression of kernel or initial ramdisk?

Serguei Koubouchine (ksi@gu.net)
Fri, 29 May 1998 10:12:22 +0300 (EEST)


On Thu, 28 May 1998, Adam J. Richter wrote:

> In an effort to cram more bits into a boot floppy, I am
> contemplating bzip2 compression for the initial ramdisk or
> kernel. If either of these changes are already available
> somewhere, I would appreciate a pointer, so that I can avoid
> reinventing the wheel.

AFAIK, such a thing doesn't exist. It'd be very nice to have bzip2'd kernel
and initial ramdisk - boot floppies are extremely short in space...

Please, get me informed about your progress and findings...

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