In article <1993Jul06.034127.19131@taylor.uucp> mark@taylor.uucp (Mark A. Davis) writes:
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>aehall@calvin.seattleu.edu (OUTTA HERE!) writes:
>
>Oh come on.... be realistic.  I have a huge system (in the SCO world), and
>my largest kernel has never been over 1.5MB.  I don't think 14MB compared
>to a small Linux kernel is a valid comparison; unless you link in ALL
>the same functionality and stuff.
>
>>My Linux kernel, with TCP/IP, etc is only about 300kb or about 200kb 
>>compressed.
>
>For now  :)

And as much as I think that Linux is a good system, don't count on
it's slimness. The 0.99pl9 kernel I use is >>500k and won't boot
unless it is compressed. Not that I care much about that size, but
it's coming close to the size of a SCO Xenix or basic SCO Unix kernel.

Kai Uwe Rommel

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