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Re: Net image far too big



On Thu, Apr 17, 2003 at 12:18:07AM +1000, Glenn McGrath wrote:
> On 14 Apr 2003 09:24:04 +0200
> Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@raw.no> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > The net image is by far too big to fit on a floppy.  We need to fix
> > this somehow:
> 
> > Initrd size: 890k
> > Kernel size: 666k
> > Free space: -116k
> 
> We should change to a higher density, we could switch to 1680kB and
> expect compatability everywhere, that will give us another 124kB of
> breathing space as well.
> 
> win95 came out on 1680kB formated floppies, thats 8 years ago, we should
> be safe now.

Mac's had 1440's right up until they stopped putting floppy 
drives in them.

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