Re: SRM vs ARC

[Oscar Levi <elf@buici.com>]

On Fri, Jan 08, 1999 at 02:59:38PM -0600, Jeff Noxon wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 08, 1999 at 02:06:32PM -0600, John Goerzen wrote:
> > Anybody got useful comparisons?  I've got the ARC (=graphical) console now. 
> > Does SRM get me anyhing that arc doesn't have?  I like the notion of the
> > command line interface.  Also, does ARC have anything SRM doesn't?
> 
> SRM has a bigger memory footprint and doesn't understand fdisk-style
> partitions.  It's hard to switch to without re-installing.  SRM does allow
> network booting via bootp.  I prefer it over ARC myself, but then again
> I'm strange.  ;)
> 
> SRM is also better for headless machines, IMHO.  And mine is headless.

I, also, prefer SRM.  Because it boots much faster than MILO and
because it doesn't have the irritating problem recognizing available
memory that MILO has.

I'd not heard about the memory footprint issue.  Can you quantify it?
Is this the loss of some memory when the system is running?

Cheers.