[linux-help] Re: linux on a floppy - help

["Jonathan Hall" <flimzy@xxxxxxxxxx>]

You might look into dietlibc or uclibc--two mini libcs designed specifically
for the purpose of embedded systems.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Hareesh Haridas" <Hareesh.Haridas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <linux-help@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 5:27 AM
Subject: [linux-help] linux on a floppy - help


>
> hi friends,
>
> i have been trying to make a boot+root linux system on a floppy
> follwing the "linux boot-disk howto". with all my efforts, i am still
> not able to reduce the size of the compressed root filesystem to lesser
> than 1.5 mb (uncompressed, it comes to 2.4 mb). the kernel is small
> enough - a 236 kb minimal one, but the trouble seems to be with the
> glibc - even after stripping debugging info, the glibc-2.2.2.so comes to
> about 1.4 mb.=20
>
> i have minimal stuff otherwise, only a small "ash", ls, rm and ed (not
> even vi) and the login program and mingetty to give a terminal. any help
> on reducing the root filesystem size will be great! or even if anyone
> who has a working configuration, it would be precious. i am using kernel
> 2.2.16 and utilities from red hat 7.1.
>
> thanks in advance,
> hareesh.
>
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