Recent versions of upx can compress a linux bzImage (I've seen 13% shaved off a bzImage). debian-installer may use it to squeeze more onto the single floppy (kernel + initrd with modules).
David Sat, Apr 21, 2001 at 06:25:10PM -0700 wrote: > On Sat, 21 Apr 2001, John H. Robinson, IV wrote: > > > however, on something like boot-floppies, this might be a goddess-send. > > No, it isn't. gzip -9 already applied to the floppies is very close to > the gziped upxed binary size. I tried upx on the boot floppies last > release (from which this claim is based). > > Andrew Lenharth > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
