Op 3-7-2011 3:03, Michael B. Brutman schreef:
> [1] A fully featured wget will be difficult to get into the memory
> space.  I have plans for a simple version that does not recurse, does
> not support Unicode, etc.

Ah good news.
Basicly FTP.EXE already suffices, except for the following:
* FTP-only, no http/https
* requires entering commands or external script as input
* no renaming for storing (www.mysite.com/somelongfilename.zip --> 
c:\short.zip)

> [2] WOL-client.  Pretty easy, but seems to be of limited use.

It's limited indeed, like starting up a fileserver to store files or 
retrieve backups. Still has its uses occasionally.

> [3] IPv6 - this is very feasible.  I started looking at it a few years
> ago but did not start coding because IPv6 is not widespread enough for
> me to test effectively.  (I have my own network, but I'm waiting for
> broader ISP support.)  With IPv6 we will survive the IPocalypse. :-)  [
> François - loved that! ]

Testing IPv6 isn't that easy indeed. Native stuff, tunnels, fallbacks. 
Ouch..

> There are other issues with jumbo frames.  We might be able to support
> them, but getting the performance out of them will be close to
> impossible with the way packet drivers work.  If you hardware can do
> jumbo frames it might be a better candidate for a small Linux.

ah good to know. So, is the application or the packet driver responsible 
for setting speeds in DOS btw?

> FTP uses buffer sizes around 8KB in size, and it is adjustable with an
> environment variable.  1KB was too small.  4KB was far better.  16 and
> 32KB give marginal improvements.  I chose 8KB as a compromise.  (Look at
> the docs for the environment variables.)

I've not looked at sourcecode yet. Currently busy with
1) Update script to recreate ISO from bootdisk/bootcd + optional 
modifications, preferably without touching physical disks.
2) Getting the startup script to mount CD/ISO/RAM properly
3) Avoiding file corruption

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