4 Aug
2006
4 Aug
'06
7:27 a.m.
On Friday 04 August 2006 00:35, Don Y wrote:
If you want to burden the implementation with
"this has to
run on ANY conceivable x86 machine built since 1980", then
you're imposing a lot on the design. How many Linux kernels
will boot on a 4MB machine?
I've done it before, the main issue is that there's so little space left
over for userspace apps to run in...
What about a *1* MB machine??
None. The Linux kernel copies itself to "extended" memory as a part of
the booting process.
Well, I should say "none" unless you consider this, which is based off
of Linux...
http://elks.sf.net
Pat
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