On 3 Dec 2001, Jeremy Katz wrote: > On Mon, 2001-12-03 at 17:10, Taylor, ForrestX wrote: > > > On Mon, 2001-12-03 at 16:06, Taylor, ForrestX wrote: > > > > How did you get the loader binary in the boot.img so small? > > > If I do `make > > > > loader` and `strip loader`, the loader is 728640 bytes, > > > where the original > > > > loader is only 616040 bytes. > > > > > > make loader-network loader-local loader-pcmcia ; strip loader-* > > > > > > The boot disks only have the corresponding loader binary on them. > > > > Thanks again, Jeremy. > > > > So, if I edit loader.c with my changes, and then do a `make loader-local`, > > these changes will be integrated into the loader-local file, correct? > > Correct, and this is the loader binary used for CDROM and hard drive > installs. curiously, i just did that, and the size of the stripped loader-local executable is 648028. much closer to the size of what you find on the actual boot.img image, but still not exact. rday -- Robert P. J. Day Eno River Technologies, Chapel Hill NC Unix, Linux and Open Source corporate training
