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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

I bet people would appreciate it if you put this comparison (and maybe 
also added BL2) at the three BL websites so they could choose 
appropriately.

On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> sindi keesan wrote:
> > what does BL1 do differently or better than BL3?
>
> BL1                         BL3
> --------------------------------------------------------
> complete (bare.i) kernel    stripped kernel
> older (2.0) kernel          slightly newer (2.2)
> real bash                   busybox sh
> real init/login             busybox init
> supports foreign keyboard   doesn't support foreign
> vgalib graphics             X graphics
> little use of graphics      several X applications
> older, smaller busybox      new busybox - more utilities
> no support for laptops      support for laptops
> difficult to modify         easy to modify
> requires 8mb RAM            boots with 3mb RAM
> --------------------------------------------------------

BL1 has ftp, which several people have requested for later versions.
By 'support for laptops' do you mean pcmcia?

You can add SW3 or 4 bash to BL3.

I found BL3 much easier to install to hd than 2 or 1.  I presume above you 
are comparing ramdisk BL1 with loop BL3.  Does HD BL1 work in 4MB RAM?

> Cheers,
> Steven