Re: How to reduce the kernel.img size?

[BogDan Vatra]

I didn't try them.
You mean grub 1.x or an older version of grub 2?

Cheers,
BogDan.

vin., 15 sept. 2023, 00:38 Randy Goldenberg <randy.goldenberg@gmail.com> a
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> Are older versions of grub not small enough?
>
> On Thu, Sep 14, 2023 at 1:09 PM BogDan Vatra <bogdan@kde.org> wrote:
>
>> Hello there,
>>
>> I'm trying to port grub to an ancient computer, an altos 386 series 1000
>> [0] (nope is not using 80386 anymore, I upgraded it to 486 (using an 80486
>> DLC + an 387 DX/DLC).
>> I managed to port the basics using the excellent porting guide from here
>> [1], but the results were a bit disappointing.
>> The problem is that altos memory is very limited (12MB total). Grub needs
>> to fit in 64KB, but right has over 67KB.
>> Are there any tricks to make it smaller ? I'd like to have it under 48KB
>> if
>> possible.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Cheers,
>> BogDan.
>>
>> [0]
>>
>> http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/altos/386/Altos-386_Series_1000_Brochure_Nov88.pdf
>> [1]
>> https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub-dev/grub-dev.html#Porting
>>
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